06:00 – get ready while helper gets elder child ready 06:45 – drive to school 07:07 – drive from school to work 08:15 – arrive at desk, make coffee 08:45 – get into the day 16:00 – leave work to fetch child 17:00 – arrive to collect child 17:20 – run quick errands/groceries 18:00 –...
Category: Fathers
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To Raise Well-Rounded Children You Need to First Raise Yourself. (Part 1)
There’s a certain mental shift that happens when a woman first discovers that she is pregnant – it’s almost instantaneous. Taking it upon herself to educate herself about the best ways to better serve the human growing inside her. She awakens to the
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Tips for Young Fathers
I become a very young father. I was 23 when the twins were born and what a daunting responsibility that was. At 27 the youngest of my kids followed.What would I say to young fathers? This is a life time commitment! There is no backing out there is no re-do. You will not know everything and there is no manual. You need to adapt and learn quickly.
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I’m a. Single. Mother
I've been a single mom for seven years and two months now and it remains the biggest chip on my shoulder - how did I manage to make such great children, yet I'm left raising them alone? Another statistic to the single, black successful female (addicted to retail). Often the argument is that if a father takes care of the child
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How Many Men are Fathers in South Africa?
The fact that fathers may have procreated children with several mothers, and that mothers may have borne children fathered by more than one man, make even the first assumption a rough one
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From Providers to Carers: Men as Fathers
From this grew a research network with strong outreach to men. The imagery of fatherhood remained strong, showing the many forms that fatherhood took and recognising men who assumed fatherhood.
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The Fine Print of Fatherhood …
''I'm going to be a good father, I'm going to be there for my kids and support them and and and....'' Here’s the fine print that no one tells you about: Being a 'good father' comes at a cost. The world won't stop to accommodate your 'good father-dom'.
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I’m. Still. a Single Mother
Raising a boy has been a very interesting experience, I know nothing about the sport and I've realized that friends have aroused his interest in famous soccer teams, stereotypically I feel that's a "dad thing".
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Daddy Issues (Part 3)
‘If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound?’ If a black man’s heart cries in a crowd and no one hears it, does it make a sound? Would you like to give him a solution? Would you like to tell him what to do? Tell him how to be ok?
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Protect The Boy Child (Part 1)
There is nothing wrong with being raised by a single mother, but as a man, you will always be looking for something that’s missing and that is a father figure. A father affirms you, he affirms who you are and what you are what you are and some of the mannerism