The Vasectomy Project is encouraging men to join forces and take responsibly for family planning. This is an opportunity to bring people together to talk about our collective responsibility while offering men a concrete way to contribute towards a solution by having a vasectomy.

Graduating from preschool is nothing compared to the everyday milestones that make parents' lives easier It filled me with joy to be there for my youngest son's graduation the other day. I had such pride, such a feeling of accomplishment for him that I had to share it with everyone.

A lot of the trials of college life can be mitigated by some simple conversations. My car was loaded and I was ready to hit the road. Eighteen years old and college bound. Mom gave me a hug and asked whether I had told my dad goodbye.

This is a comment by Lars Fisher on the post "I'd Benefit From a Traditional Wife". Lars Fisher said: Great post - loved the tone and the imagery. While I'm not living with a writer, I *am* living with a techie geek who will disappear into whatever project is current - work or non-work - and forget time, place, husband, and children.

A daughter reflects on her father's absence in her childhood, and offers a plea for him to be present for his grandchildren. ◊ Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series of letters excerpted from Shoebox Letters-Daughters to Dads, a collection of over 30 letters from daughters to their dads about the role that their dad has played in their life.

A five year old's superhero is slowly running out of time. Read this father's letter to his growing boy. You just turned five. Every day that passes makes it harder and harder for me to admit that you are growing up.

David Stern once again gives the Emerald City the finger. I don't know what it is. Maybe he doesn't like coffee or he's completely devoted to open source and is still ticked the feds settled their anti-trust action against Microsoft. Or perhaps, like Mickey Rourke's character in The Wrestler, he just can't abide Kurt Cobain's influence on popular music.

The "We" of a marriage is what it's about, except when it comes down to the work you have to do. If you're contemplating marriage-and you both welcome and know to your core that it's a lifetime commitment and not just an extended sleep over-get ready for a major shift because, well, it is.

Martin Spinelli, bestselling author of After the Crash , shares 7 bits of wisdom for celebrating Mother's Day and living every other day after Mom has passed on __ It happens every year. My son Lio will be sitting in class when his teacher will announce that next creative and fun activity will be making a Mother's Day card.

Chivalry might be dead but all we're asking is for a little respect Parents of young boys who wish to impart a sense of respect and a set of manners are faced with what can be quite a difficult task in a world that seems to truly believe that chivalry is dead.

52: The Documentarian He learned of Thailand's brutal sex trade. Then he looked into himself to see what he could do about it. David Goorevitch is now the Executive Producer of The Frangipani Project. His email is reprinted below with permission: "One day when my daughter was young, I found myself speaking with a distant neighbour about his trip to Thailand.

Telling a stay-at-home dad to get a job is a one-way ticket to picking your teeth up off the floor __ "You should get a job", my accountant said to me, as my wife and I sat across from him in his office in early April, preparing our tax returns.

A playground encounter forces a dad to assert his right to parent. - Will loves the playground. And not just because it's a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon, but also because it's challenging. The one by our house has a cool plastic climbing structure that really makes Will work.

The first in a series of micro reviews of rare, great and unique children's books from One Potato.net I don't remember more than a dozen or so picture books from my own childhood, and indeed that may have been all there ever were in the rotation.

You think only women fake orgasms? No way, says Dr. Adam Sheck, men fake them too! I haven't done it often, yet I have done it. I admit it. I have no shame or embarrassment. I thought it was unusual for men, so I was intrigued when a recent study revealed that one in four men have faked an orgasm.

The love a father shows his daughter has as strong an effect on her as the relationship he has with her mother Editor's note: this is the second in a series of letters excerpted from Shoebox Letters - Daughters to Dads, a collection of over 30 letters from daughters to their dads about the role that their dad has played in their life.

The art of catching a ball is a complex motor skill and a fundamental social skill One of my favorite pictures in the six-year album of parenting is of my son catching a ball during a game.

It's our job as parents to manage how the world reaches our young children and to provide context for the messages. When I became a father, I knew that it would involve taking on a number of new roles that I'd never held before - caregiver, provider, waste management and disposal specialist - but there was definitely one role that I hadn't adequately anticipated.

"Love, Recorded" is back: Matt's wife returns from Korea, but this time, it's different. ◊ Here is something you can do in writing that you cannot do in life: skip ahead 3 months to when your wife and baby return to you.

To tell a gay kid they're allowed to join, but that a gay adult is unfit to be a leader is a backhanded shove into the closet. Being gay and a former Scout, I've followed the recent issues regarding the Boy Scouts of America and their stance on LGBT members very closely.

Shoebox Letters collects 30 letters by daughters written to their fathers Editor's note: this is the first in a series of letters excerpted from Shoebox Letters - Daughters to Dads, a collection of over 30 letters from daughters to their dads about the role that their dad has played in their life.

In the wake of the bombings in Boston, Alex Yarde realizes that the best Fortress of Solitude can be a blanket-fort and a tea party, attended by his two young children. - Like most comic book fans, I had some mild interest in the upcoming film, Man of Steel, hoping that the latest reboot of the Superman franchise would, at best, be watchable.

Melissa Harris-Perry says that we need a more collectivist approach to raising children. Do you agree or disagree? What do you all think of this? Is this, as some claim, a promotional for thinly-veiled Marxism? Is she simply saying that we need to explore some new ways to raise children and invest more money in doing so?

Ben Tanzer recaps Mad Men's third episode of Season 6, and comments on the ways in which raising kids is just like being a character in AMC's hit series. Mad Men is correctly noted for its spot on sense of period detail, its exploration of gender dynamics, office politics, and identity.

Cameron Phillips argues that taking gender out of the equation reinforces the work/life problem facing fathers and mothers I have an unhealthy devotion to baseball. I've had it since I was a child. I've been blessed in my media career to have interviewed some of the game's greats: Hank Aaron, Harmon Killibrew, Reggie Jackson and many others.