Get Down on Your Kids Level Recently I was interviewed by Chris Blair of Remarkable Fathers about how, as men, we can literally get down on the level of our kids so they can experience our love …
We Are Killing Our Boys
It’s hard to be a boy these days. A boy today goes to schools run mostly by women, who are under intense pressure to get test scores up. His recess is reduced or taken away because there is so much to …
It Doesn’t Pay to Be a Man
In her New York Times article “The Declining Demand for Men”, Nancy Folbre says there is something that makes this recession unique for men: The Great Recession has sometimes been dubbed the …
Why Are Emotions So Hard for Us?
Are you born to fight? Maybe – you are born to hunt. As men, we are the hunters of the hunter-gathers. We are born to provide and protect. If need be, we will fight. It is in that fight we see the …
Men Ride for Autism
Two members of my group, Sandpoint Men’s Group are part of Ride Across America – a bike ride across the country. Wayne Pignolet, an avid rider was one of the organizers rides for Team Laughing Dog. …
Where Have All the Fathers Gone?
If there weren’t already enough reasons to shift how we show up as men, Steven Chong in his article speaks about how a father’s absence increases the risk of poverty and crime. The principle cause of …