We tend to go through various stages in our relationships with our fathers. Click here to read how our perspective of Dad changes with age. ...
An Australian psychologist says, "Good fathers make good managers." Steve Biddulph, author of The Secret of Happy Childhood and Manhood, says good fathers turn out to be empathetic, listening managers...
An Australian psychologist says, "Good fathers make good managers." Steve Biddulph, author of The Secret of Happy Childhood and Manhood, says good fathers turn out to be empathetic, listening ...
A grade school teacher asked a little girl to tell the class what Father's Day was. The child thought for a moment and then said, "It's just like Mother's Day only you don't spend as much for ...
4 years: "My Daddy knows everything." 8 years: "My Dad is really smart." 12 years: "My Dad probably doesn't know that." 16 years: "My Dad is absolutely clueless!" 21 years: "Dad is pre...
"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give: He believed in me." (Jim Valvano) ...
According to Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, a father's involvement with a child increases the child's IQ, the child's motivation to learn and the child's self-confidence. In addition, children with involved ...
Bill Cosby once observed, "If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chanc...
A little girl followed her father in newly plated clumps of St. Augustine grass. She stepped exactly where he stepped. She said, "Daddy, if you don't get mud on your feet, I won't get any mud on me!"...
As a mother was walking with her 4-year-old daughter, the girl picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth, and Mom told her not to do that. ...
Earthly fathers make plenty of mistakes rearing their children, but our heavenly Father never makes a mistake with us....
I love the story Gordon MacDonald tells. Among the legends is the tale of a medieval sidewalk superintendent who asked three stone masons on a construction project what they were doing. The first repl...
Gospel musician Hilding Halverson told of overhearing a conversation between his son and two other little boys. The youngsters were bragging about their dads. One boy said proudly, "My dad knows the...
A young boy had just gotten his driving permit. He asked his father, who was a minister, if they could discuss his use of the car. His father said to him, "I'll make a deal with you. You bring your gr...
Robert Kopp tells about the woman who was walking with her young daughter. The little girl picked up something from the ground and started to put it in her mouth, but the mother told her to throw it a...
Learning in the oral tradition is a good reason for parents to spend time with their children....
As a mother was walking with her 4-year-old daughter, the girl picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth, and Mom told her not to do that. "Why?" she asked. "Becaus...
A young boy had just gotten his driving permit. He asked his father, who was a minister, if they could discuss his use of the car. His father said to him, "I'll make a deal with you. You bring your gr...
The other day I was in Paul Harvey's studio in Chicago as he was making his broadcast. Paul said, "It's time for me to go on the air; but why don't you join me in the studio? It's live, you know." I w...
Charles Francis Adams was the United States ambassador to Great Britain during the Lincoln administration. He had the habit of keeping a daily diary. He also taught his son, Brooks, the value of journ...