Comments on: Everything You Wanted to Know About Dads

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:50:43 +0000

In the interest of disclosure, it should be noted that David Blankenhorn, NFI’s Chairman of the Board, was the founder of the conservative Institute for American Values. The NFI has also commissioned work by Maggie Gallagher (see http://center.americanvalues.org/?p=12), one of the leading opponents of same-sex marriage.

This doesn’t negate all of the NFI’s findings in their Father Attitudes study. It does mean that we should be careful using them. I’m all for father’s rights and involvement in families where they apply–but this research shouldn’t be used to deny lesbian moms the right to parent together or marry. I’m afraid this is Gallagher and Blankenhorn’s ultimate goal. Again, this doesn’t mean that everything the NFI is doing is bad, but we should be aware of its associations.

By: Al

Al — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:08:16 +0000

I whole-heartedly agree with #2 that dads benefit by connecting with other men. Lamar Hunt, owner of the Kansas City Chiefs who died Wednesday, was quoted in the KC Star as saying “No one has ever benefited more from association with other men than I have.” Having male friends is a luxury few of us seem to have anymore.

Being connected with other at home dads in our local KCDADs group has been one of the best gifts of my life. It used to be that men had lots of associations with other men – my grandfather has been a Shriner for over 30 years – but we men have gotten away from that. Families and gender roles have changed so much that men need men even more so we can all be better fathers, husbands and sons.

By: daddyclay

daddyclay — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:10:23 +0000

Thanks for the head’s up on this report. I appreciate being able to depend on you to bring the latest news on the dad front to the fore. We’re working on #4 here at dadlabs — the decidedly less-hip-than-you video version of babble.

By: Sara

Sara — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 17:20:26 +0000

Are you interested in Income splitting?
We doing a conference on unpaid caregivers and how income splitting is needed with the families.
If so can you email me sara@landriault.com I’m near Ottawa too. We’re doing the conference Jan 30th on Parliament hill.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:07:26 +0000

Thanks for this post. I’ve downloaded a copy, it’s good stuff. It’s been a long time coming, and long overdue.