This is about amazing dad’s helping others as well as a bit of surprising history on single dads and those who are stay-at-home dads — talked about in the the video.
It is about love, marriage, and family that comes in many combinations.
This feature is from ParentDish, a soldier and his family, helping others through the Folds of Honor Foundation.Amazing Dad: Dan Rooney
Single parent fathers:
“According to a 2009 report from the U.S. Census Bureau titled “Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2007,” an overwhelming majority of the 13.7 million single parents across the country are women. However, 16 percent of single parents are fathers, a figure that equates to roughly 2.2 million men serving as custodial parents across the country.”Single dad inspired Father’s Day
Other profiles of dads from ParentDish
- Amazing Dad: Danny Evans (book about male depression)
- Amazing Dad: Dan Zanes (children’s singer)
- Amazing Dad: Hal Colston (community service)
- Amazing Dad: Wayne LaRue Smith (gay dad who fought Florida legal system to adopt a child)
- Amazing Dad: Darryl Gibbs (spokesperson for shaken baby syndrome)
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Amazing dads, single dads, at-home dads, ALL dad’s, Happy Day (video)
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