
Taking part in empowering ourselves to let Washington know that it is time for them to listen to the grandparents and the parents of this nation is what this article is all about.
No Father's Day: Remote Group Has No Dads, And Never DidSource: National Geographic
What would Father's Day—and every other day—be like without fathers? Maybe not so bad, according to experts on the Mosuo culture of the Chinese Himalaya.The women of this matrilineal society shun marriage and raise their kids in homes with their entire extended families—but …

I'm thinking one of the worst dads of all-time was Adolf Hitler's pop (and mum). They must have done something really bad to little Dolphy when he was young.

This is an accompanying article to my previous A Mothers' Day Tribute - My Mom is Cooler Than YOUR Mom'. You probably figured out already that the title is intended as a sort of challenge. Feel free to tell readers about your own father, who is likely very cool as well.

With Father's Day coming up this seemed an appropriate theme, especially as we did one on moms back here (and feel free to add to that or any other prior exercises)
Here are the rules

I recently interacted with Kenyon on the vine here the last day or two, and started exploring his column.

This day is not just the first big barbecue day of the summer. It is a day to remember and honor our country's fallen and our Culture's fallen. On this day I especially remember my dad in World War II, and his fathers in World War Zero.

Scott butki just wrote an article about his dad.
Mine was so unique that I felt I should tell his story.
When he was about 20 ,he joined the Navy to be a gunners mate,on a submarine. But they found out that he had had scarlet fever as a child which gave him a heart murmer.

1 - No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.
2 - When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
3 - If your sister hits you, don't hit her back, they always catch the 2nd person.
4 - Never ask your 3 year old brother to hold a tomato.
Heidi Klum Dishes On Her Fourth Pregnancy, Family LifeSource: Celebrity Baby Blog
With her husband Seal recently confirming that the couple are expecting their fourth child, supermodel Heidi Klum graces the cover of the May 4th issue of Us Weekly and opens up about her latest pregnancy.
How to Criticize Your KidsSource: Greater Good
I've spent a lot of time blogging about how we should praise our kids, but someone asked me the other day if there is a correct way to criticize them. Good question.
Holy "Real America"!! NASCAR'S Junior Johnson comes out for ObamaSource: Daily Kos
His support for Obama could actually be a game changer in North Carolina. He is that well know down there. NASCAR is the most Republican leaning sport in America and Junior Johnson announcing that he is voting Democrat is pretty f***ing amazing.
MIA: Alaska's "First Dude"Source: Salon.com
Those people are always having children out of wedlock. However, when the right sort of people have children out of wedlock, it's just a "personal family problem."
Texas has hired people with abuse records to care for disabled, audit findsSource: The Dallas Morning News
The state institutions for people with disabilities are failing to find community-based homes for many patients who want them, and have hired 10 state school employees who should've been ineligible because of previous abuse and neglect records, according to a state audit releas …

I got to spend the day with my 13 year old daughter today-it was a lot of fun. She plays softball at a local town Recreation League. They had a special trip today-a bus ride to Toronto to see the Yankees play the Blue Jays.

On this Father's Day I wanted to bring light to the fact that we have many Dad's serving in Iraq and Afghanistan that cannot be home with their Children. I am sending out my Father's Day wishes to them.
Lessons From My Father...Source: MSN
Today is a day to be spent in celebrating dad's everywhere, its a time to reflect on all things manly :L)
Regardless of how you grew up, or what your parents taught you, most fathers tend to appear larger than life.
German dads staying home with the kidsSource: thelocal.de
Nearly a fifth of new German fathers have applied for parental leave benefits allowing them to stay at home on two-thirds of their pay for a year, the Family Ministry said on Wednesday.
Dads 'don't read bedtime stories'Source: BBC News
Less than half of fathers regularly read bedtime stories to their children, research has suggested.
Some 42% of fathers said they were bedtime story readers, compared with 76% of mothers, a poll of 2,207 adults for the National Year of Reading found.

There are many things that I am passionate about, I have a few hot buttons and they usually involve children, or abuse, or really any type of blatent injustice.