fatherhood

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Luis Asuncion @luisga814 (7138) • Quezon City, Philippines 18 Jun 22

At around 1:53am of Sunday here in the Philippines. While I'm browsing some posts here in myLot as well as in Facebook, after my eldest son turnoff his laptop after doing his assignment, he greeted me "happy father's day, daddy"...

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Without a prayer presented a full blessing

Ricky Greer @Rickbmad (42) • New Madrid, Missouri 19 Nov 21

As I begin this little trail of a lifetime at crisp age of 22. Long after the baptism in the wicked waters that ever swirled the grounds in my life. I must first give a brief description of my first 6 years of becoming. At the...

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Good parenting at Safeway. A happy moment for The Horse.

The Horse @TheHorse (238347) • Walnut Creek, California 8 Feb 21

I was at Safeway, my local grocery store, the other day. A father and his 2 1/2 year old and I battled for position in the "under 15 items" line. I said, "Go in front of me. You have fewer items, and you have a kid in tow." He...

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Law of Transference

Junbals @Junbals (1421) • Philippines 17 Dec 20

A story is told about a father and his 6 year old son who wanted to watch the sunset at Manila Bay, a famous place for sunset. The father explained to his son how the sun now turning crimson is going down into the horizon and the...

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I spent the whole day today with Horse Jr.!

The Horse @TheHorse (238347) • Walnut Creek, California 5 Oct 19

Horse Jr. turns 11-years later this month. I don't know what the fates have in store for him, but I hope they are good things. This morning, while his mom was at work, we went to Home Depot (a large hardware chain) to...

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Ignorance Isn't Bliss, It's Aggravating

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 26 Jul 19

I felt the need to address something. Earlier, on Facebook, I read a post that said “A baby daddy’s favorite lie is, she don’t let me see my kid” but it's NOT always a lie. The person who wrote the post is merely...

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To whom are you much closer?

Simone @Janet357 (75638) 21 Aug 18

Are you much closer to your mom or dad? Girls understandably are much closer to their moms because they have a lot of commonalities and so are boys to their dads. but there are cases that first-born daughters hate their moms and...

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Are You A Father? You Should Read This

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 8 Mar 17

I found this the other day, looking through some of my journals that I have kept over the years. I had written it down. Not sure who to give credit to. I have to say I didn’t write it, but I thought it was worth sharing. F…You...

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raising your children

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Leave of Absence in Fatherhood?!?

rakski @rakski (156578) • Philippines 2 Jun 16

I witnessed my friend and her husband having a discussion and I would like to share it with you. Husband: Wife, I think I need 3 months vacation. Wife: What? Can you repeat that again? Husband: I want to have 3 months vacation...

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Do You Love Your Child Any Less as They Become Adults?

Joshua Cintron @Cintronwriter (564) • United States 30 Mar 16

I am a father to twins and it is by the best title I've ever worn. It is earned not by application but bestowed upon me as a gift, a gift I knew nothing about until my kids were born. To know this love as deep and profound, I'd...

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Fatherhood too comes to you Automatically

theSids @thesids (22180) • Bhubaneswar, India 29 Dec 15

Hello all On 14th Dec, when the nurse handed me our one-day old baby girl, I became a father. The joy, the feeling that I have to care for and all those things that neither me nor my wife believed I could,...

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Please help me name our one and only, FIRST Baby BOY!!!

Mae Kisses @ilovetoworkfromhome (2) • Philippines 13 Apr 14

Hi, everyone! I'm pretty excited and would like to hear any suggestions from everyone around the world to help us gather a unique baby boy name for our lil bundle of joy who is 7 months old inside my tummy right now. My husband...

Paternity Leave

Amber @AmbiePam (120999) • United States 3 Nov 12

I thought about paternity leave when I noticed a woman on a television program was going into her 4th month of maternity leave. I thought, wow! Four months of maternity leave? I have heard of people on TV (like famous...

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" You are not the father? Ok. "

sarahruthbeth22 @sarahruthbeth22 (43143) • United States 7 Jun 12

I just saw a show where a young woman brought a guy to a talk show to prove to him he is the father. She told him when she was pregnant and he didn't believe her. Now the child is a year old and once the test said he Is the father...

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Fatherhood

oroxjo @oroxjo (23) • Philippines 25 May 11

For almost three months now I have been taking care of my 4 year-old daughter; giving her milk in the morning, before taking a nap in the afternoon and before bedtime. Preparing her food every meal time, giving her a bath, doing...

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My daughter first time went to school

santanu76 @santanu76 (11) • India 11 Apr 11

Today is a memorable day in my life.My two & half years old daughter Shinjini first time went to school.Being a father I feel very proud as well as little bit anxious too.This is the beginning.She have to travel a lot.I personally...

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I am PREGNANT of TWINS and I'm just so HAPPY about it!

keishaclaire @keishaclaire (15) • Philippines 27 Feb 11

Hi everyone, I'm on my 20th week of my pregnancy of our twins who are still right now inside my tummy, starting to be making movements already. I'm so excited to see both of them. We haven't really prepared anything like baby...

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Is your partner hands-on?

yellowhipon @yellowhipon (793) • Philippines 30 Oct 10

Most dads I know aren't very hands-on when it comes to taking care of their babies. Usually they just sleep at night and complain when the baby cries. It takes a lot of pleading and convincing before they change the diaper....

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New grandparent role, new feelings -- joy and concern?

abitosunshine @abitosunshine (765) • United States 24 Oct 10

I became a first-time Grandmother on October 19th! When first being told of this news a few months ago, I was concerned rather than joyful, as I felt my son not quite ready for the role of fatherhood, for several reasons. But,...

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Help for parents

sbbcackk @sbbcackk (99) • Ecuador 19 Jul 10

I don't clear on whether this is allowed, but if anyone is interested, I wrote a book called "Flexible Parents, Happy Family", which is available on amazon.com as paperback and through kindle. One point I should clear up, is...