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When Willie Wet the Bed
Fathering poetry about a classic problem.

Discipline
When adult control fails, the resulting power vacuum is filled by gangs and bullies. By Clyde Verner.

Teaching Children the Importance of Winning
Encouraging in our children the drive to win can be just as important as teaching them to lose gracefully. By Chris Call.

Suggestions for the New Single Father
Russel Wayne provides some immensely practical childcare tips for the man who has to go it alone.

Promoting Your Child's Balanced Development
Giving your children the opportunity to develop a special talent can provide them with a sense of their uniqueness and be a healthy enhancement to their self esteem. By Gerald Alpern.

Classical Fathering versus the Judeo-Christian Model
We interview historian Frederick Hodges about raising children with classical Western values by avoiding the methods imposed on the West by Middle-Eastern religions.

What Fathers Do
by Jack Kammer.

The Fathering Advisor
Selected Reader Mail Gets Our Response

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activation of the HPG axis

an increase in androgen levels precedes luteinizing hormone

The first indication of the pubertal reactivation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis was provided by a reemergence of nocturnal elevations in plasma androgen concentrations... These were followed shortly thereafter by detectable plasma LH concentrations in nighttime samples.
Endocrinology, Vol 116, 1341-1350



 

 



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Puberty
Must parents accept early puberty as normal? How early puberty wrecks your child's health.

Intersex
Is the new baby a boy, or a girl? One out of every two thousand births presents parents with a sudden gender dilemma.

Health
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Protect Your Son
How a father discovered, too late, that circumcision is not a good thing. By Rio Cruz.

Children in Single-Mom Households "at Risk"
The fact that children raised by single mothers are at increased risk is found over and over again. Trev Martin asks, "What do we do about it?"

In Search of a History
"The Preamble, the Declaration of Independence, and the Gettysburg Address are the sacred scriptures of this nation." By Richard Hiatt.

Day Care - A Dangerous Experiment in Child-Rearing?
"Social science confirms that children raised in day-care centers and similar institutions are often emotionally maladjusted and mentally impaired." - The Wall Street Journal



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