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Was Father’s Day the Tipping Point?

More Respect, Less Trashing for First Time

By Greg Bishop

Amazingly, Father’s Day was not used as an opportunity to trash fathers this year! Some couldn’t resist, but overall, coverage was more positive than negative for the first time in at least 21 years.

Respect for Fathers Hall of Fame

Father Trashing Hall of Shame

We Need to Give the New Guys a Hand with Respect

We dads have had great opportunities to be part of our children’s lives that our own fathers and grandfathers did not. Many millions of us have discovered how this feeds our hearts and souls as men. We are hugely grateful; there are no victims here.

We are standing up for the new guys, our younger brothers and their friends, as they join our ranks and find their way in their formative months as fathers. For them the bar has been set very high and it will continue to rise. We are asking a lot from these young men, and we all have a stake in their success. The most important step we can take is to treat them with the respect they deserve.

This tipping point promises a new era where the media doesn't disparage dads for a headline and society acknowledges the value fathers provide. The more we get behind fathers, the richer the rewards in the years ahead for all our kids.

Greg Bishop has led Boot Camp for New Dads for 21 years (300,000 grads and counting), Dads Adventure since 1995, and has recently helped organize Ji’Kinam: Brotherhood of Dads.

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