This I Believe: On Fatherhood

This I Believe: On Fatherhood Compelling stories of fatherhood from the popular NPR radio show From the popular radio series This I Believe comes this touching and thought-provoking compilation of original essays on one of the most fundamental of human relationships-fatherhood. It is a relationship filled with joy and heartbreak, love and anger, lessons learned, [...]

Boot Camp for New Dads Offer Tips for Keeping Your Baby Safe around the Holidays

                                 DATELINE:  IRVINE, CA …                 One of the most important concepts they teach new dads is how to provide a safe environment and keep the baby safe.  The holidays are busy and it’s more challenging than ever to keep the baby away from choking hazards and other dangers.                                                                         Greg Bishop, founder of [...]

Father’s Day & the Significance of the Occasion

It is often observed that it is the mother who is showered with all the love and affection of the children rather than the father, who does not always enjoy the same. This happens because the father is always on the run working hard to provide his family with the best living conditions. It is [...]

Junk Removal Burnaby

For every Burnaby moment, there was a glitch. The moon washes junk removal Burnaby with a torrent of silver. Even the junk removal, whose toes have so recently wandered on the Happy Hunting Grounds, by no means heard the name given junk removal Burnaby till I mentioned it to him 1 dreamy August day time, [...]

?crash Course for New Dads: Tools, Checklists and Cheat Sheets?

DATELINE: IRVINE, CA…Expectant as well as new dads can rest easy – now there’s a special “how to” guide written just for fathers. Greg Bishop, the author of Hit the Ground Crawling and founder of Boot Camp for New Dads, a non-profit orientation program for fathers-to-be, operating in more than 260 hospitals, clinics, schools, fire [...]

Is he “the loser”, or is he “Dad”?

I was at a 4-year-old’s birthday party when I overheard a young mother. “We call him ‘the loser’, she said, “but not around Bobby”. I cringed. I knew that Bobby was probably aware that the significant adults in his life disrespected this man, and that the man was probably his father. When I hear things [...]

Start Being A Good Dad Now

By definition, fatherhood is the state of being a father. And being a great dad is the most important job in a man’s life according to President Obama, a cool dad to Sasha and Malia.  Fatherhood “doesn’t have to be hard” says President Obama. “Play catch, go to a park or visit a zoo. Help [...]

So, You?re Going to be a Dad?

Becoming a parent – especially for the first time – is an exciting time, not only for the mother but the father as well and it’s understandable to feel just a little apprehension in the weeks and days leading up to the birth. However, preparation for the new arrival can take a lot of the [...]

How to Persevere to be the Best Dad You Can Be

Copyright (c) 2009 Lome Aseron I recently found myself on YouTube marveling at a video of Hawaiian youth soccer prodigy KJ Ahlo’s morning routing. In the opening frame, you see him sleeping with about a dozen soccer balls. The first thing he does when he wakes up is kick one of them. As he walks [...]

Ray Romano’s Advice for Dads

Celebrity dads go through the same grind as any first-time dad, including having fatherhood jitters. Ray Romano admits that he was no different. In his recent appearance on the Today show, Ray confessed to Matt Lauer that he was so nervous after his first child was born that he couldn’t get anything right.The Everybody Loves [...]