Τhere are still thousands of things I want to explore doing with them
As the captain of a tugboat, Phoenix K. is accustomed to spending long stretches of time without seeing his daughters - Alabama, 15, and Lulu, 12. While he admits this undoubtedly played a significant role in the recent dissolution of
Having daughters was considered bad luck in my village
Thodoris L. grew up with seven other siblings in a small village in communist Albania where neither he nor his brothers and sisters were able to attend school beyond the early primary years due to the need for them to
Repeat what you see in them – again and again
Gary B. has been using an integrated practice of positive psychology in his work with children and adolescents throughout his career as a counselor; he strongly believes we are more than the cerebral understanding taken from books and academia and
It’s the example I set that will have the most influence
Yiannis K. is the kind of father who strives to avoid the stereotypes associated with raising a young daughter. Oleia, two-and-a-half, is not dressed head-to-toe in pink nor does she only have dolls to play with; in fact, he tells
Nothing will keep me away from being part of my daughter’s life
Damien H. has a three year old daughter, Katie, that up until six months ago he was still fighting for the chance to get to know. The situation she was born into was less than ideal; after only three months
Showing my daughters how to stay positive in the face of overwhelming adversity
Like many other fathers around the world right now, Sam S. is trying to show his daughters how to stay positive in the face of overwhelming adversity, a situation no one knows what to do with but take it one
As a single father, I have to play both roles
Stan V. won't hesitate to tell you that he lets his three-year-old daughter, Arabella, dress him up however she wants. Magenta tutus and matching lipstick? If it makes her smile, he'll gladly wear it. In fact, the two of them
It’s not easy being a woman in Kenya
Pastor Ali is the first to admit it's not easy to be a woman where he is in Kenya. Some of the girls in his congregation cannot even afford sanitary products when they have their monthly period and are forced
This girl, she’s going to be a force in the world
Benedictus O. says he could feel a connection to his daughter well before she was born; even before, he tells me, his wife knew she was pregnant, he knew, somehow, that she would give birth to a baby girl they
Grieving my daughter who is still alive: This is Craig’s story.
Craig H. hasn't seen his daughter, Emily, in almost ten years; a fact, he assures me, he would change if he had any power to do so. When he and her mother separated, it was far from amicable; and while