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Men thrive on respect and this year we dads got a lot, from the local to the national level. Our nominees:

ABC News Radio’s Roughhousing With Dad Crucial For Development in the we fathers have a great deal to offer our kids category. Richard Fletcher, the leader of Australia’s Fathers & Families Research Program, points out that our instincts, strengths, character, and characteristics as men are fundamentally great for our babies (and why we innately feel “we are here to play” soon after our babies arrive).
MSNBC’s Prehistoric Dads Helped With Child Care in the dads are built to be hands-on category. “Dads in early human species would have aided in carrying children, as well as in their bathing, feeding, playing and teaching them the lessons of prehistoric life,” says Northwestern University researcher Lee T. Gettler. And so after a century or so (starting with the 1880’s Industrial Revolution when men left the farm for the factory) of essentially being pushed out of our children’s lives, we're back!
120 new dads and their babies in a Denver Flash Mob in the many millions of on-the-job-dads category. This unique event poignantly demonstrated a dad’s intense commitment to his child, his fulfillment and pride in being a dad, and the sense of solidarity he has with other men facing similar challenges as they inspire and learn from each other. It also marked the launching of Ji'Kinam: Brotherhood of Dads.

Add your own nominee to recognize those who are helping to strengthen fatherhood by giving dads the respect they deserve.

Check out the flip side of this initiative: Father Trashing Hall of Shame.

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