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Father's Day is June 16. We dedicate this issue to honoring our Fathers.

Father and Child Reunion : How to Bring the
Dads We Need to the Children We Love
by Warren Farrell

"Anyone who cares about family health and well-being needs to read this book to better understand the children's need for a father-friendly social environment  Most importantly, this book needs to be read by every father to better understand the potential for his contribution to his children and by every mother who wants the best for her children.  Mothers and fathers working together for the benefit of their children is best for all of us." Ron Henry, The Men's Health Network

Why Dads Matter: The revolution has started. Head's up.
We still think of dads as wallets-or as deadbeats if they fail to be wallets-- but reality is changing faster than the image. In the last twenty years the percentage of single dads has more than doubled, from 10% to 23% of all single-parent households. Almost one in four. Moms moving out of the home has been a headline-creating revolution; dads moving into the home has been the quietest revolution. Without the headlines, we miss the revolution. A case in point…
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GUEST ARTICLE... by Glenn J. Sacks
Hate My Father? No Ma'am!
The university professor began the first class of the semester by announcing that she was an "anti-imperialist, anti-heterosexist Marxist-feminist." She read us the famous quote from Robin Morgan, the leading feminist and former editor of Ms. Magazine, who said "kill your fathers, not your mothers."  Seeing the students' shocked faces, she added "Kill is too strong.  Hate your fathers, not your mothers."  I guess she was a moderate.
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COYOTE... monthly column by Dick Prosapio
Good Dad, Bad Dad... Shaman Dad
One of the things a traditional shaman must do is to "die to one world to enable entry into another". This is accomplished in various ways; hallucinogenic drugs, dance, chanting, drumming, breathing in a prescribed way, self induced trance, fasting, etc. The purpose for this kind of journey is to gain a new perspective  on a given situation and/or to facilitate the healing of some wound, usually emotional/spiritual.
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JEFF'S LIFE... monthly column by Jeff Stimpson
Happy Father's Day:  The Kindness of Strangers
The other day I took the boys to the playground while Jill took a few well-deserved hours off.

She actually trailed after us for a few of her precious free hours, helping corral the boys in the Central Park flower garden when I set them free from the stroller for a romp. At one point, she had to dash after Alex before he reached the dry fountain and its potential plunge onto dry concrete. She came back with one of those looks. She worries too much, I thought.
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GUEST ARTICLE... by J. Steven Svoboda
Circumcision of Boys: A Serious Male Health Problem
While rare in Scandinavia and Europe, male circumcision is still common in North America despite some reductions in frequency over recent decades. The United States rate has declined from 90 to 60 per cent in recent years and has fallen by 15 percent in five years. Canadian circumcision rates differ dramatically from province to province but the national average is around 25%.  It is revealing that the provincial rates have plummeted as each province discontinued coverage under the National Health Service. Currently, only Manitoba still pays for circumcisions.
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THE NEW INTIMACY... monthly column by Judith Sherven, Ph.D. and James Sniechowski, Ph.D.
Separation or Connection
Last month we began an exploration of what love and relationship would be like if we changed an ancient assumption about life: that is, if we chose to see existence primarily as a lacework or a network, connected and interwoven, rather than as an aggregate of separated, unrelated beings who must navigate life as though essentially uncoupled and estranged. While we know what that sense of distance is like, we fantasize about finding someone, a soulmate, with whom we can transcend the gap and somehow feel whole. And we invest our hope forthat connection in the notion of love, which we hope, often desperately, has the power to bring us together.
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Reviews Archive... Reviews of men's issues books by J. Steven Svoboda.

VETERANS HONOR ROLL... Pay tribute to the Veterans in your life on our perpetual Veterans Honor Roll page
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FATHERS HONOR ROLL... Pay tribute to your father (grandfather, great grandfather, etc.) on our perpetual Fathers Honor Roll page
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