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#50PlusDad
Powerful Children Are Not Raised by Chance: Here’s How We Are Doing It
I am 55. My son is 3½. I often say he came in my twilight, and yet, with him, life…
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#50PlusDad Start with the Big Ball: Parenting Lessons from the Basketball Court
They say every child is born with potential, but it’s how we nurture that potential that defines their path. Today,…
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They Grow Very Fast, So Do We
Since the birth of our son, I’ve often heard the phrase, “They grow so fast,” especially when I share stories…
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Movie of the week
Words That Outlive Us: A Father’s Reflection on Notes for My Son
I watched Notes for My Son on Netflix, and I wept. It’s a quiet film, tender and brave, following the…
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Parenting Is About Values and Numbers: Why Raising Powerful Children Is Our Urgent Assignment
Somebody recently asked me why I call myself #50PlusDad. He didn’t wait for an answer before assuming it was just…
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SAFE For Children Community Board
Snippets from LegacyNOW Leadership Project: Why People Make the System Work, Not the Other Way Around
Opening Thought: Great advances have always come from ideas; ideas do not fall from the sky; they come from people.…
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Children Come with a Parenting Manual and I Use It …Why I Reject the Trial-and-Error Mindset and Choose Purposeful, Value-Driven Parenting
One of the most painful things I was robbed of in childhood was my curiosity. Abuse didn’t just silence my…
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FATHER’S WEEK: From Disruption to Divine Assignment
Last week reminded me of a timeless truth: Life is not defined by certainty. Because in this world, certainty is…
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“Boundaries Are Not Barriers: A Father’s Creed for Raising Children in a World of Limits”
At 55, raising a 3-year-old for the first time, I have come to see that some of the deepest parenting…
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Education
From Handcuffs to Hall Passes: How Street Law is Redefining School Safety and Student Engagement in Ohio
COLUMBUS, OH, June 2025 At the 2025 Ohio School Safety Summit, one session stood out not for its policies or…
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