5 Organizations that Support Fathers & Families

In 2000, my book “Father Courage: What Happens When Men Put Family First” was published. It was the result of my exploration into the uncharted territory of “shared parenting.”
There were pioneers everywhere, but they were few and far between. As I wrote then,
“My first clue was the backpacks…Like the moms and baby-sitters trudging by, they seemed blissfully oblivious to giant rabbit or Mickey Mouse ears rising from behind their own. These were dads who knew–knew their own kids in that …

A Message For Mother’s Day!
Lesson Number Six in FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY is ”Do Unto Yourself as You Have Been doing Unto Others.” What that means is simply pay attention to – nurture – yourself the way you do those you love. It does not mean withholding from others or being selfish. Doing unto yourself is about adding yourself to your own “to-do” list. Being self-FULL!
Enjoy Mother’s Day!
Share our card with every nurturing soul you are lucky enough to have in your life.
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“Do Unto Yourself…
As You Have Been Doing …

Internet Intimacy is New for Me
When my kids were younger and I wanted to have a difficult conversation with one of them, I would wait until we were driving alone in the car. I found that it was easier for me to broach the subject when my gaze was fixed on the road, and it was more likely I would get some feedback if my son or daughter didn’t have to make eye contact either. In that circumstance, the avoidance of eye contact fostered intimacy.
But most of the time intimacy …

“I AM BECOMING MORE RADICAL WITH AGE.”
– Gloria Steinem
To celebrate Gloria’s 75th Birthday and to honor her unique and transformational work as an organizer and activist in the women’s and broader social justice movements, the Ms. Foundation for Women, Inc. has established The Gloria Steinem Fund for Organizing.
Gloria has traveled the United States and the world, for more than 30 years, igniting powerful new connections between women across race and class that have inspired so many to discover and let loose their own rebellious, activist selves.
“Once I began to listen …

Bella Abzug – the shrewd, hard-hitting, passionate and idealistic legislative genius who led the women’s movement and represented New York in Congress – once remarked that we would only have true gender equality when an incompetent woman could go as far as an incompetent man. That milestone appears to have been achieved with the nomination of Sarah Palin for Vice President. Which is not to say that Palin couldn’t become competent, but Bella, who understood and believed in government so profoundly, would be horrified at how little expertise Palin brings …

I have spent the last three years immersed in a book on the life of Bella Abzug (1920-1998), the peace activist, feminist, civil rights lawyer, and fearless congresswoman from New York. (She ran for office for the first time at age 50 – take heed, sister Boomers!) Now that it is about to come out, I am hoping that her passion will galvanize the cynical among its readers, the way she did me. Bella’s example literally got me through the recent political years of double-talk, triangulation, and – to use …

Every once in a while an obscure study by little-known academics carries a mind-set-altering message. This one, reported in the Harvard Magazine (October 2007), may suggest a cure for machismo.
Robin J. Ely is a professor at the Harvard Business school and knows a thing or two about King of the Jungle behavior in the workplace, but she wanted to study “masculine norms” in an even less refined environment; so she set off to visit two oil drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico to examine macho in what she assumed …

It is always stunning to me to realize that an event that still lives in my contemporary memory actually took place decades ago, so when I was invited to a 35th anniversary celebration for Ms. Magazine it was as though my life was flashing before my eyes. I joined the magazine in the summer of 1972 for the very first monthly issue. When we put Wonder Woman on the cover, we felt empowered and protected by her magic bracelets. But I had no idea what a life-changing and world-changing adventure …