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Your Biggest Fans

My husband is quite the super star in our home. While I’m with our kindergartener and three year old all day, feeding them and playing with them, it’s their daddy who gets flooded with adoration when coming home from work. At the sound of the garage door opening, the kids drop everything they are doing as if some super pop star has just arrived. It’s not just our boys who are excited to see him either. My husband’s arrival home means I have my best friend with me again to talk with and to help occupy the kids. We are … Continue reading →

How To Tell If A Man Is Father Material

Is it possible for a woman to predict whether a man will be a good father to their offsprings? Researchers at the University of Michigan think there is- by studying his face. In the December issue of Personal Relationships, results of an online study revealed that men with “low facial masculinity” made better parents. 854 male and female undergraduate students were shown male faces that had been altered to look more and less feminine. This was done by adjusting facial features, the shape of the jaw, for instance. The participants were then asked which of the men they would prefer … Continue reading →

The best gift a father can give his child

I was talking recently to a very dear friend who dropped this pearl of wisdom into the conversation: “The best thing a man can do for his children is to love their mother.” The friend couldn’t remember where she had heard this saying, but it didn’t matter. The wisdom in these few words is both concise and profound. Think about that sentence again: “The best thing a man can do for his children is to love their mother.” Really, in terms of the bigger picture, this says it all. In loving the mother, he will, by definition, love the child. … Continue reading →

Honoring Your Mother and Father

I was fortunate enough to be raised in a loving home with both my mom and my dad. It’s not difficult to find ways to honor and respect them today because they were good to us. I know not everyone can say this about their parents. When asked how one honors a mother or father they don’t respect, I had to sit and really think about this one. Commandment number five of the Ten Commandments given by God states in Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and your mother…” In Ephesians 6:2 furthers the point, “’Honor your father and mother.’ Which … Continue reading →

A Father’s Day Tribute to the Absent Military Fathers Who Help Protect All Children.

Today it is Father’s Day in Australia. Too often, all fathers are maligned with those fathers who perpetrate dreadful abuses against their children. For those many Dads’ that don’t harm their children I want to give you a salute to thank you for protecting our kids. My father was a long serving Army officer. Not only did he defend and protect his own children he also defended his country at great cost to his own mental health. I know that there are many Dads’ in this situation and many families today who will be wishing their Dad were at home … Continue reading →

Not All Men Sexually Abuse Children

Australia celebrates Father’s Day on the first Sunday in September. That makes it this Sunday. Because the world’s countries celebrate Father’s day on different dates we are provided with multiple opportunities to be reminded of how special Dads are. How wonderful for those Dads that may have dual citizenship. They get to have multiple days where their protection of, and love and concern for, their children are openly celebrated. At a Protective Play Party yesterday, many of the Mums and children were talking about what they had planned as a surprise for Daddy on Sunday. Some other Mums and children … Continue reading →

The Men in Our Lives

Have you ever ended up in the middle of struggle for dominance between your husband and another man in your life, such as your dad or your brother? It is a difficult position to find yourself in and no wants to be forced to choose between the family that raised her and the family she’s made. It can be a very trying experience and it usually ends with someone having hurt feelings. That person may be you. If there is any way to lessen the tension or separate the men until things cool off, it is wise to do so. … Continue reading →

Fathers and postnatal depression

A new study from the University of Melbourne in Australia has revealed a vital link between postnatal depression in new mothers and the behaviors of the baby’s father. Traditionally, new mothers presenting at their family doctor or at early parenting centers with symptoms of postnatal depression have been prescribed antidepressants. While the medication may assist the mother in the short-term, the long term problem regarding what is causing the depression in the first place is not addressed via drug intervention alone. In addition, breastfeeding is not recommended while taking antidepressant medication, and both mother and child may miss out on … Continue reading →

Seeing God As Our Father

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For those who didn’t have a dad growing up, or didn’t have a healthy one, it can be difficult to imagine God’s perfect love for us as our father. A good father provides, comforts, protects, disciplines, and loves us beyond what we can imagine. There are so many examples in the Bible about God’s goodness to us as a father. I would like to share with you a few of these scriptures. Father to the fatherless: How wonderful that He can fill that father role in the lives of those who don’t have a one! Psalm 68:5, “A father of … Continue reading →

My Favorite Television Dads

Today being Father’s Day, after I wished both my father and husband a happy day, I started thinking about television dads. It seems that since television began, there have been television dads. There are the single dads – Bachelor Father’s Bentley Gregg (John Forsythe), Bonanza’s Ben Cartwright (Lorne Green), and The Courtship of Eddie’s Father’s Tom Corbett (Bill Bixby). Many people like Home Improvement’s Tim “The Toolman” Taylor (Tim Allen) and Danny Williams (Danny Thomas) of Make Room for Daddy. There are doctor dads – The Cosby Show’s Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby) and Growing Pains’ Dr. Jason Seaver (Alan Thicke). … Continue reading →