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This morning I woke to CNN and post-Father's Day words of wisdom from New York Times reporter Tara Parker-Pope: These days, it seems, breadwinning dads are more stressed out than ever. Here's a bit of what Parker-Pope said in a Times blog that's been lighting up the Internet since she posted it...

With men getting laid off at three times the rate of women, the recession is quietly producing more stay-at-home dads and changing how households are run and children are raised.The typical father spends about seven hours per week in "primary child care," according to a Time magazine story, which...

If you're still looking for something fun to do this Father's Day, Hershey Park is offering free admission to dads. Stop by a CVS Pharmacy in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Washington, D.C., or Baltimore to get a coupon for one free admission on Sunday, June 21. The coupon also includes an...

There's a new contest out there for fathers across America, sponsored by Great American Cookies. They know what they're doing, because I have a feeling every dad around will want their kids to enter.Anyone who writes up a 200-word essay on why their father is a great American dad is entered in a...

There's a trend right now, say some newspapers: Divorces are becoming less common in a lousy economy. Why? Who can afford to get divorced? Especially if you both are hardly making enough money to get by, living in a house that you can't sell. It is, as married couples tend to find out, cheaper to...