Happy Father’s Day. This is one of those interesting days when we fathers are being honored and recognized. This is kind of unique because if you look at mainstream media and modern television most fathers are blithering idiots. We don’t know our asses from a hole in the ground. And we are fortunate to have … Read more
The last official Year of the Child was 1979. UNESCO proclaimed 1979 as the International Year of the Child. The proclamation was signed on January 1, 1979, by United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim. A follow-up to the 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the Child, the proclamation was intended to draw attention to problems that … Read more
National Preparedness Month Week 3: September 15-21 Teach Youth to Prepare for Disaster I see it as, teach our children to prepare for disasters. During the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake my oldest daughter was with her mom out of state visiting relatives, she was 3 years old at the time. I was very glad that … Read more
I am a Father and I am also a Dad. Being a Dad is much more rewarding than being a Father. Fatherhood simply means donating a genetic sample to produce an offspring. Some Fathers are great Dads. Some Dads are not Fathers And some Fathers have chosen not to be a Dad. These are choices … Read more
What does it mean to be a father? I am sure for different people it will conjure up different answers, philosophical, moral, and pragmatic. “I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” – Sigmund Freud In today’s society it is saddening that there are so many … Read more
