“Our mission is strengthening families, changing lives and restoring hope,” said Frederick Newell, executive director of The Dream Center in Iowa City. Newell founded The Dream ...

A few years ago, I participated in an Oprah Life Class with Oprah and Iyanla Vanzant. (You can see a clip of the show here.) The goal of the show was to address the troubling ...

One of the primary challenges in serving dads is getting them to enroll in a fatherhood program. Meeting that challenge requires a successful marketing campaign. And therein lies ...

In the past two years, I have moved from being a married dad of two daughters (ages 23 and 17), to a divorced dad with full custody of my youngest daughter (who was 15 at the ...

National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) transforms organizations and communities by equipping them to intentionally and proactively engage fathers in their children’s lives. That’s ...

A majority of folks in the fatherhood field initially learn about NFI because of our popular, core curricula: 24/7 Dad®, InsideOut Dad®, The 7 Habits of a 24/7 Dad™, and Fathering ...

Domestic violence is one of the tragic situations that you might have faced in service of families. But what, exactly, constitutes domestic violence?

When it comes to helping dads understand how they can be involved, one of the areas that requires father involvement is monitoring children and teens’ use of social media. As ...

Is it “noncustodial” or “non-custodial?” When you refer to a parent without sole custody of their child, should you use a hyphen or not? No. According to the Chicago Manual of ...