dads
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25 of the Best Fictional Dads in Movie History
It’s Father’s Day once again, which means you’re seeing ads for all the types of gifts that a dad might like: wacky golf balls; knives that open up to reveal other knives; neckties covered in pictures of hot dogs and footballs. Maybe you know a dad that loves all of that. Maybe your dad loves…
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Create An Annual Father’s Day Gift Tradition
I would argue that buying a Father’s Day gift is more challenging than buying a Mother’s Day gift. Gifts to show Mum she’s appreciated are pretty standard and welcome every year: Jewellery, flowers, a plant, gift certificates for a pedicure or a massage. But then Father’s Day rolls around and we get bombarded with garbage…
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How To Praise Dads Without Calling Them ‘Helpful’
Let’s start with this: Dads are not babysitters. After all, a babysitter is someone who “takes charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away”. Therefore, when a dad is caring for his child, he is not “babysitting”; he is “parenting”.
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How Partners Of Breastfeeding Mums Can Actually Be Helpful
Author Catherynne Valente discovered a passage in New Mother’s Guide to Breastfeeding — a book written in 2002, not 1952, mind you — that reads: “Fathers, if your wife is having trouble or pain, step in and adjust her technique, reminding her that successful breastfeeding is a priority for the development of the child and…