Why would mature, independent, married adult children have a negative reaction to their parent’s happy remarriage?” Experts believe of a traditional expectation that the marriage will be long and happy and the newly created blended family will share in the couple’s obvious warmth and contentedness.

In the book, Step Wars: Overcoming the Perils and Making Peace in Adult Stepfamilies, Grace Gabe, M.D. and Jean Lipman-Blumen, Ph.D. explain that much of the pain in adult stepfamilies is due to excessively high expectations on the part of the older couple and with personal anecdotes and professional insight.

The Grace To Deal with Adult Step Children | USPRwire

More than two-thirds 70 percent of married dads in America consider themselves equal parenting partners with their wives, and 69 percent say fathers are evolving to meet the needs of todays world, according to a report from Packaged Facts and Silver Stork Research, writes MarketingCharts.

Seven in 10 of the estimated 64 million fathers in the US say they are “hands-on” and want to keep their families first on their list of priorities, the second edition of “US Dads Market: A Unique Profile of Fathers, Their Attitudes, Values and Behavior as Consumers” finds.

A survey included in the report also finds that nearly three-fourths of US fathers open to dad-focused marketing programs. Some 40 percent say marketing efforts to dads should be designed so kids get something out of them, 20 percent believe a dad-focused marketing program is overdue, and 17 percent would like to see a dad-focused marketing program “fix a problem.”

Read more Most Married Dads Report Equally Sharing Parenting Roles – MarketingVOX

Fathering Adventures

“It is the calling of great men, not so much to preach new truths, as to rescue from oblivion those old truths which is our wisdom to remember and our weakness to forget.” Sydney Smith 1771-1845

Real fathering, as it was meant to be, has been lost. Join us on this critical adventure to rediscover and restore what has been long since forgotten.

Research reveals that children with involved, loving fathers are significantly more likely to do well in school, have healthy self-esteem, exhibit empathy and pro-social behaviour, and avoid high-risk behaviours such as drug use, truancy, and criminal activity compared to children who have uninvolved fathers.

Sadly, research also reveals that on average, a child spends only 8 minutes per day with his or her father. Every child has one core question, though they may never voice it. This core question must be answered by BOTH his or her mother AND father. This universal question can be asked in a variety of ways… “Do you love me?” “Are you proud of me?” “Do you delight in me?” A child spells LOVE, “T-I-M-E”, and 8 minutes per day, does not, and cannot answer this question in a healthy, life-giving way. The absence of Dad’s presence in the life of his child will leave the child with a deep unseen wound, that if left unhealed, will continue to shape and affect their life in a potentially destructive manner, for a lifetime. Here at Fathering Adventures, we believe that prevention is better than cure.

We’ve never met a Dad who hasn’t wanted to be the best he can be. Many Dads just feel inadequate and ill-equipped in their capacity as fathers, courtesy of their relationship with their own Dad.

Read more…Welcome to Fathering Adventures