fatherhood Archive

  • Proxy Work

    As a lone-parent, five-child family on welfare, we were hardly the ideal Mormon family.

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  • Atticus Finch: Fatherhood Gold Standard

    For years, I’ve cited To Kill a Mockingbird as my favorite book whenever asked. But I’ve read a lot of books since I first read that book in ninth grade English class. So thanks to a book club I’m a part of, I re-read it […]

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  • Urban Camping Part II

    My husband had just offered me the deal of the century: one month, completely kid-free, so that I could focus all my attention and energy on writing my dissertation proposal. Of course I took him up on his offer ...

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