In my work on the Board of Directors of the non-profit Adoptions With Love, I came across a father’s letter to his adopted son on his adoption day. The letter is filled with emotions–love, appreciation, gratitude– expressed directly. The letter will be part of the father’s legacy to his son, left for a later day …
During our August 2015 Father Survey at MGH’s Vincent Obstetrics out-patient service, the thoughts of one of the fathers drifted to what he would really like: A bar in the waiting room! This will not be among the offerings to the fathers who accompany their wives and partners to pre-natal visits, but he must have …
When our team first convened to consider the problems we might encounter as we began our ground-breaking research at MGH’s Vincent Obstetrics service, we wondered whether the fathers who accompanied their pregnant partners and wives to prenatal care visits would want to spend the time to complete our Father Survey. Would they rather be engaged …
The first time I ever taught incarcerated dads with our Fathering from the Inside curriculum, I was talking to them about the skills they need in order to be good fathers. I told them that although setting limits and being an authoritative parent is important, it is also important to look at the world from …
Where did you spend Hurricane Sandy, the super storm that ravaged the East Coast in October 2012? I was fortunate enough to have a book that I didn’t want to put down, so this made the two-and-a-half days of snow and wind that caused a tree to crush my car seem less important. I was …