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• I. Life’s a Kick in the Ass, Honey (Reflections on my Father, the Week of his 88th Birthday)

  
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  Somehow you get from Point A to Point Y, knowing Point Z--end point--is next in the line-up. Gina Frangello devotes a series of essays to her fathers 88 strange, colorful and contradictory years on earth, from young jazz enthusiast and bartender to officially crotchety old man who doesnt need a hearing aid because ...
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  Fatherhood and Solidarity It is obvious that I enjoy building. I do it pretty much everywhere I go. If I have a few minutes and I am standing around a group of strangers, you will find me chopping it up lovely. Yes, I can get carried away with it. I learn so much from those experiences. I get a chance to meet and ...
  18 hours ago

• Bachelor Jake Stars In 14th Edition Of ABC Series

  
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  Believe or not ABC’s “The Bachelor” will return on January 4th with Dallas bachelor and commercial pilot Jake Pavelka.Jake who is 31 years old won the hearts of many women viewers in last season’s “The Bachelorette” although in the end he didn’t get the girl.   Jillian Harris chose Ed Swiderski who she ...
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• Sperm Donor Dad Gets Right of Access to his Son

  
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  Just when you thought family law was crystal clear, along comes this case ( Irish Times , 12/10/09).  You did think you understood everything about family law, didnt you? In Ireland, a gay man had a couple of lesbian friends.  They wanted a baby, so he agreed to be the sperm donor to one of the women.  In due ...
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• What would you do?

  
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  So I’m dragging the boys through Target just to get one or two or four little things.  Who needs a cart?  *Manic laughter* I obviously forgot it was December with all those toys and decorations.  As I turned down an aisle, I heard, “You should see how much soda I feed her.” There was a young mother feeding ...
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• Making Room for Baby Means Saying Goodbye to Old Friends [Fatherhood]

  
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  Parting with ones treasured game collection can be an unthinkable proposition for many. But having a baby absolutely transforms your life, as one long-tenured Kotaku commenter writes. And that makes such decisions not only possible, but downright necessary. You might know of Shiraz Malik - hes the longtime ...
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• Announcing The “Cast of Dads” Podcast…

  
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  No baloney, it was a lot of fun participating in the Sony DigiDad Project and I hope you enjoyed the posts here at Dad-O-Matic that were inspired by the Sony gear I was able to borrow and play with.  My kids and I particularly enjoyed our re-creating The Picture of Dorian Gray and creating a spoof infomercial ...
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• Sperm donor father gets access to lesbian-raised son because fathers are important

  
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  December 10, 2009 Irish judges: Gay sperm donor should see his son By Shawn Pogatchnik (AP) DUBLIN – The Irish Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a gay man who donated his sperm to a lesbian couple should be permitted to see his 3-year-old son regularly – in part because Ireland’s constitution doesn’t ...
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• A Daddy-Daughter Moment

  
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  I come home after you and your brother are in bed.  It’s been a long day filled with long meetings and I climb the stairs, thinking that both of you will be awake and I can get some goodnight kisses in before it’s too late. I enter the room, slightly illuminated and my eyes adjust to find your brother sound ...
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• Inside the mind of a stay-at-home-dad

  
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  There are an increasing number of books coming out written about fatherhood these days. In his book “Daddy, where’s your vagina?” author Joe Schatz breaks down many of the roles and responsibilities that this generation of fathers need to embrace. In this ‘Dad 2.0′ world, as he puts it, fathers are no ...
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• Now it will happen

  
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  When I get out of bed tomorrow, I will shower, dress, have breakfeast and go to court. In the court some stranger will decide what is best for my son and for his parents. The arguments will be made by two strangers who have met either of us a handful of times. The decision will be based on cold hard facts. Who earns ...
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• Striking Out

  
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  Evan has learned a new phrase that he thinks will get him off the hook. I don’t like you. He said it to The Husband when I was away for the weekend.  It worried The Husband.  Maybe even hurt his feelings. Last week, Evan said it to me.  “Mommy, I don’t like you.”  I was punishing him for something.  ...
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• Merry Chirstm--er--

  
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  Its not always easy to figure out that you are not normative. If you grow up in an ethnic enclave, when youre young you probably think everyone is black/Spanish-speaking/Korean. When I was a little kid one of my parents friends remarried. I remarked on how the new wife was Jewish. My mom corrected me. "But Mom, ...
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• Magnificent Fathers

  
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  While I was home with my mother in California I saw several old movies that carried the theme of manliness and fatherhood:  How Green Was My Valley (1941) and The Magnificent Seven (1960). How Green Was My Valley is an American Film directed by John Ford based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn.  The story is ...
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• WHAT MAKES A GOOD DAD? The Economist

  
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  blogs: A NEW survey [pdf] from the National Fatherhood Initiative finds that 93% of American mothers believe there is a "father-absence crisis" in the country. And absent fathers tend to have worse relationships with their children. Mothers are much more likely to report that the father of their child has a ...
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• Trevors Latest

  
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  Bloggers Note: This blog serves many purposes: instant writer gratification, testing ground for new ideas, opportunity to spout off ... and, importantly, archive of cute Thorplet anecdotes. This post falls firmly into that category. (I apologize that one of these is a Facebook rerun from Jodis page, but Facebook is ...
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• MUST-READ: Jennifer Roback Morse explains why two-parent families matter

  
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  Article here in Policy Review , a publication of the Hoover Institute at Stanford University. Excerpt: A free society needs people with consciences. The vast majority of people must obey the law voluntarily. If people don’t conform themselves to the law, someone will either have to compel them to do so or protect ...
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• Christmas crafts for kids, preschoolers and toddlers part 2

  
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  Here are a few crafts we’re working on at Faemom’s.  All crafts are kid friendly.  Depending on the age and the ability of the child will depend on how much the child can and how much you do.  Stay tune because I’m still working on hot coco mix, dipped cookies, shell ornaments, pinecone ornaments, and ...
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• Josh Kelley Writes A Song For Baby Naleigh

  
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  Fatherhood has become a great inspiration for Josh Kelley . He has a new country album coming out in March and on that album is a track called Naleigh Moon . Josh wrote it just for his daughter, Naleigh , 1. “I don’t think I could’ve ever written a song like that without having a kid. You know how people ...
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• MICHIGAN PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP PROTECTION BALLOT PROPOSAL RESEARCH

  
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  Pleaserespond if you: 1. Believe that we should put together a ballot proposal signature drive in Michigan or your state to change the state family law to protect the parent-child relationship in the case of divorce or separation? 2. If so, are you willing to help by recruiting others to gather signatures? 3. Are ...
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