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Fathers' Love Lifegiving for Daughters

January 01st, 201211:06 PM ET

By Rick I. Johnson

Fathers have been given a tremendous ability to influence the lives of their daughters – either positively or negatively. How a father treats his daughter will shape how she views herself and how she expects to be treated by other men for the rest of her life. This is a massive responsibility for fathers to show their daughters love, respect and ...
Boundaries Teach Boys Self-Discipline

December 12th, 201106:48 PM ET

By Rick I. Johnson

This past season, several high-profile college head football and basketball coaches have been vilified and lost their jobs due to the perception that they harshly enforced disciplinary methods upon a player or players in their program. I'm not defending these coaches' methods as I do not know the situation, but here's what I do know. Many young men...
Empower Your Teen

February 25th, 201107:02 PM ET

By Mark Gregston

Do you remember teaching your child to drive a car? How could you forget? Did you ever grab the steering wheel to keep your rookie driver from hitting another car…or a tree…or a mailbox…or a kid on a bike? Hopefully that didn’t happen too often—it’s bad for the blood pressure and the insurance rates! While there may be rare momen...
A Father’s Critical Role

October 28th, 201004:24 PM ET

By Mark Gregston

Don’t be fooled into thinking that dads aren’t all that important. Kids need dads to validate their self-worth. Many problems can come to a family and to future relationships for the children when a dad is absent or not as involved with his kids as they need him to be. Not only does an absent dad make it hard on the mom – w...