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‘Hey, Dad! We Need You!’: On Fatherhood and Family

Kids need good moms and good dads in their lives. So how do we help make that happen? How do we encourage fatherhood?
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‘Hey, Dad! We Need You!’: On Fatherhood and Family
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Jeff Minick
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As a teenager, I would spend a few hours of my autumn weekends watching football on television. Sometimes, when a break in play occurred, the camera would scan a team’s bench, where some player, realizing he was on the air, would smile, wave his hand, and shout, “Hey, Mom!” or “I love you, Mom!”
Rarely did any of the players say “Hey Dad!”
Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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