Category Archives: Fatherhood

You better do as she says, or she’ll take away your kids.

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Dalrock

In response to A dangerous truth, commenter Anonymous Reader challenged my assertion that as a sociology professor, Wilcox had to understand that there are public policy reasons fathers are being kicked out of their children’s lives.  For reference, here is … Continue reading →

Posted in Child Custody, Child Support, Divorce, Fatherhood, Infogalactic, Marriage, National Marriage Project, Threatpoint, Turning a blind eye, W. Bradford Wilcox | 269 Comments

A dangerous truth.

Posted on August 27, 2019 by Dalrock

The Institute for Family Studies has an essay by Professor W. Bradford Wilcox, titled Marriage Facilitates Responsible Fatherhood.  According to the editor’s note the essay is an abbreviated version of Wilcox’s testimony to he House Ways and Means Committee for … Continue reading →

Posted in Child Custody, Child Support, Denial, Disrespecting Respectability, Fatherhood, Feminists, Marriage, National Marriage Project, National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse, Replacing Marriage, Threatpoint, Traditional Conservatives, W. Bradford Wilcox | 183 Comments

What are fathers for?

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Dalrock

Several commenters have noted the troubling image featured at the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (fatherhood.gov): I’m going to partially defend the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC), as we (as a society) have asked them to do the impossible.  We ask … Continue reading →

Posted in Disrespecting Respectability, Fatherhood, Feminists, National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse, New Morality, Traditional Conservatives | 489 Comments

She almost had him.

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Dalrock

The Blast has a post about a man who is having second thoughts about adopting his soon to be ex wife’s daughter. He then apparently told his wife that he was afraid to adopt their daughter because 1. he’d have … Continue reading →

Posted in Child Support, Denial, Disrespecting Respectability, Fatherhood | 213 Comments

A promise not to disrupt the status quo

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Dalrock

Ken Harrison, CEO and chairman of Promise Keepers, explains that the collapse of marriage in our feminist age is due to the failings of men in When Men Mess Up, Women and Children Suffer What I saw in my days as … Continue reading →

Posted in Attacking headship, Chivalry, Complementarian, Denial, Dr. Russell Moore, Fatherhood, Feminists, Headship, Ken Harrison, Promise Keepers, Southern Baptist Convention, Traditional Conservatives, Turning a blind eye | 85 Comments