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 ...

In working with fathers and families, it can be helpful to address some basics before trying to address the myriad of other challenges fathers may face. Those “basics” include ...

In my nearly two decades of work with National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), I’ve seen growth in the number of organizations and types of programs that seek to become father ...

Last week we gave you the U.S. Maternal and Child Health Care Bureau definition of children and youth with special health care needs, how many children fit this definition, what ...