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YOUR DAUGHTER'S UNPLANNED PREGNANCY: A FATHER'S RESPONSE
As a father, one of the most challenging moments you may face is when your young, unwed daughter announces that she is pregnant. The...
THE SCIENCE AND LOGIC BEHIND DEFINING LIFE AND WHY IT MATTERS
Thinking Dads like you have a profound responsibility to guide your children through the most important moral decisions of their lives....
3 WAYS DADS BECOME SELF-AWARE AND HOW IT AFFECTS OUR KIDS
by Amy Ayers, LPC During the first 5 years of life, before your child even enters school, their foundation of identity, behavior and...
MY DAUGHTER GOT ENGAGED: I’M NOT CRYING, YOU ARE
Just a few weeks ago, a young man visited with me to ask for my 23 year-old daughter’s hand in marriage. This is for another blog post,...
8 COMMON SENSE RULES FOR CELL PHONES AND KIDS
According to an article by the Stanford Medicine News Center , the average age a child receives their first cell phone is 11.6 years old....
"I’D CHOOSE YOU": CONVEYING YOUR KIDS ARE ENOUGH IN YOUR EYES
A person’s identity is that "not entirely conscious sense of self” formed through childhood, adolescence and into young adulthood. Many...
ANXIETY: FACT OR FICTION? 3 WAYS TO TELL
by Amy Ayers, LPC Studies reveal that fathers constantly wrestle with anxiety; but are there ways for dads to approach this emotion with...
REGRET PROOFING YOUR LIFE: 3 REASONS DADS FEEL REGRET & HOW TO AVOID IT
In a recent study conducted by OnePoll in conjunction with the Crayola Experience*, researchers examined the parental dilemmas facing...
CAUTION AND HELP FOR THE HYPERDRIVEN MAN
According to Wookipedia (the Star Wars Wiki), hyperdrive is a type of propulsion system that allows a starship to enter light-speed and...
DEFENDER DADS: INSTILLING VIRTUES OF TRUE BEAUTY IN YOUR DAUGHTER
In 2015, my 16-year-old daughter and I attended an amazing parent-child adventure ranch in northern California called JH Ranch . I had...
RAISING A CONFIDENT CHILD
by Amy Ayers, LPC Imagine your young daughter being picked on by the school bully and learning that she withdrew, secretly cried, and...
THE DREAM CONTINUES: 5 WAYS TO IMPROVE RACIAL UNITY IN OUR CHILDREN
One of the supreme influencers in the history of our nation was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In my opinion, the greatest speech of the...
Mike Ayers, Ph.D.
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