How to Pick the Right Crib

From Work to Home

Families and Business Trips

Proper Sleeping Positions for Babies

That Most Blessed Countdown…

10 Ways To Be A Better Dad

Creating A Father-Friendly Neighborhood

Creating A Father-Friendly Workplace

The Most Important Role

Never Underestimate the Importance of a Father!

“It is an honor and a privilege to be a father. My kids are precious gifts from God. I want to do whatever it takes to give them the best future I can provide.”

Kirk Cameron
Father of Three
Actor
1999 NFI Father-of-the-Year

Poverty

Almost 75 percent of American children living in single-parent families will experience poverty before they turn eleven years old. Only 20 percent of children in two parent families will do the same. Children under the age of six living with unmarried mothers are five times as likely to be poor as were those living with married parents. More than half of all poor children under age six live only with their mothers.

“In my own family, my father grew up without his father. I grew up without my father. My mission has been to break that chain in my own life, to stop it with my son Flynn and me. I will always be there for my son. It is as simple as that.”

James Earl Jones
Father of One
Actor, Spokesman
NFI Advisory Board Member

Suicide

The economic consequences of father absence are often accompanied by psychological consequences, including higher levels of youth suicide, low intellectual and educational performance, and higher than average levels of mental illness, violence, and drug use. Children in single-parent households are at least twice as likely to become involved in substance abuse.

“Keeping in touch with people outside the business is very important. If you don’t, you lose touch with the real world. My anchors are my wife and children.”

Tom Selleck
Father of Two
Actor
1998 NFI Father-of-the-Year