Dear “Evolution of Dad” Fans,
Without your support over the past year, this film would not have been made – or, at least, not as well. So, I thank you. And I look forward to continuing to shape the conversation we’ve begun here. I believe it’s an important one and, as it grows, one that I think will lead to changing parenting for the better. Best wishes to you and your family.
Happy Father’s Day!
~ Dana
Check out this short film from Greece about fatherhood. It’s very touching and something all of us parents should remember when our kids ask us the same question over and over and over. (Thank you, Betsy, for bringing this to my attention.)
I can’t recall another film that nailed a moment in our culture better than Kramer vs. Kramer did back in 1979. I can remember my parents coming back from a matinee screening of that film and talking at length about how they felt about it. Mind you, divorce wasn’t (thank God) an issue in my… Continue Reading
Try reading Jeremy Adam Smith’s brilliant The Daddy Shift and then watching Dances With Wolves in the same week. It’s a weird, yet wondrous mixture of media. Near the end of Jeremy’s book, he contemplates the possibility of a utopian world where families are more involved and integrated, where there is a deeper connective tissue… Continue Reading
I can’t say that Taken is the kind of movie one thinks of when it comes to father/daughter relations, but seeing it tonight certainly made my paternal instincts rise to a steady boil. There really is something primal about watching a father relentlessly trying to save the life of this daughter. While it’s a sad… Continue Reading
The obvious perspective on how the media treats dads is that fathers tend to be portrayed as bunglers or incompetent in their roles. However, what I keep coming upon, which is perhaps even more unhelpful are the stories told about absentee dads being redeemed by (typically) their grown sons. It’s a message that keeps popping… Continue Reading
