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Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine.

Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons.

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.

Fathers in today's modern families can be so many things.

A father-son relationship is strong, like no other teammates. You could be straightforward with one another.

Being a father can 'unreason' your worldview, or at least make it very flexible, and that can create all sorts of fun and insights. It's sad that children's open-eyed wonder and sense of play begin to fade as they approach adolescence. One grand function of fathering is to keep the fading to a minimum.

Being a father is an everyday challenge. It goes on and on.

Interactions between fathers and children are the starting point of education.

What we should notice is that studies show that fathers' presence in their children's lives has a marked effect on how well their kids do later in life, so why aren't we asking how we can better liberate men from the workplace to be home with their kids more often?

It is much easier to become a father than to be one.