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Jeff Nelligan (center left) stands with his three sons in December 2019.

Health & Safety

Dad Draws On Maori Roots To Raise 3 Resilient Sons. Step 1: Send Them On A Milk Run

11:32am June 19, 2021

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Jeff Nelligan, whose Maori great-grandmother left New Zealand and settled in the U.S., explains his parenting strategies in his book Four Lessons From My Three Sons: How You Can Raise Resilient Kids.

Men's groups are coming together to discover the meaning of masculinity in the age of #MeToo.

Health & Safety

Where's Masculinity Headed? Men's Groups And Therapists Are Talking

9:24am May 18, 2019

by Alan Yu

American men face higher rates of suicide than women and higher rates of incarceration. In the age of #MeToo, some men are turning to each other to build healthy esteem that builds up others too.

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick stands on the field during an NFL game against the Atlanta Falcons in Santa Clara, Calif.

My Father Stood For The Anthem, For The Same Reason That Colin Kaepernick Sits

4:24pm May 23, 2018

by Keith Woods

As a child, I found my father's love of the national anthem utterly bewildering. His was the generation of men born free but shackled by bigotry. So why did he sound so proud, singing that song?

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A paper in nature shows that fathers pass down mutations to their babies at a higher rate than mothers, says guest commentator Robert Martin.

Why Males Are Biology's Riskier Sex

11:46am January 30, 2018

by Robert D. Martin

New data have confirmed major differences in mutation rates between the sexes — showing that children inherit more mutations from their dads than from their moms, says guest commentator Robert Martin.

Human Interest

The Things My Father Taught Me Not to Do

4:00pm June 16, 2013

70-year-old John Wesley Davis says he learned how to be a nurturing father because of what his father never said.

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