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“The loss of a loved one, is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired.” –  Robert Southey Being a dad–heck being a parent–is like A Tale of  Two Cities, by Charles Dickens…. A good friend of mine and his wife lost their child a few days ago. As …

My son’s 3rd birthday recently came and went, so I’ve found myself asking “What does ‘DAD’ mean?” Heck, I’ve ask myself that question often over the course of the last ~3-1/2 years–even before my son was born (or was a twinkle in my eye). I’ve wondered (and still do): Am I going to be better then my dad or father were? …

“How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flown. How did it get so late so soon?” Dr. Seuss I’ve been “Dada”–from that first awesome moment when my son first spoke. Of course, when I found out I was going to be a …

By Darrell Milton, Modern Father Online Every Father’s Day the catalogues come in the mail with smiling grandads, dads and their child or children on the front. They are all handsome, the type of men and boys you’d expect to see in the catalogues; and I don’t have a problem with that. But it has often made me think from …

I  read a great blog post a few weeks ago by Adam C. Dolgin (Fodder 4 Fathers) entitled,  DADDY DON’T – 10 THINGS ADULT CHILDREN WISH THEY COULD GO BACK IN TIME TO TELL THEIR FATHERS. It was a great read, and I highly recommend you give that blog post and his site a look–he writes some well-written, thought-out and funny stuff. …

I love my son and I love showing him that love whenever I can–be it a hug, cuddling, and of course kisses. I belong to a group of few Dad Bloggers; and, I find that, like me, there are fellow dads who show love to their children in public and they are looked at funny by the other parents, or …

Well, I am a new Dad (or will perpetually feel that way). Like a lot of you, I feel super unprepared and afraid of messing my child up, in ways that will require years of therapy for them. I have this fear daily, but as of yet I have not lost or injured him in any noticeable way. This site …