Site search

WELCOME

This blog is about fatherhood. Black fatherhood to be exact. But it's also about how no matter our race, gender, political affiliation (or whatever it is that can potentially separate us), good parents are all connected through parenthood. Our shared experiences are what bind us, not to mention our love of a good story.

Archives

Tags

bedtime being dad bike riding birthday birthdays black president blogging brothers change dad Disney family father fatherhood FOOD friends fun games holidays internet kids marriage media memories mommy and daddy movies music names New Job New York City nostalgia NUTRITION obama online community Parent Coaching parenting playtime POLITICS president santa Santa Claus sports technology Vacation work

Please Donate to Malecare’s FatherDad Program

Malecare, the national prostate cancer support nonprofit, is the sponsoring nonprofit organization of the FatherDad African American parenting program. Literally 100% of your donation will go towards furthering our goal of empowering and promoting Fatherhood in our community. Keith Morton has volunteered for nearly four years to write this blog. Please help us take his work to the next level. Please be generous.

RSS RSS for African American Dad

Links:

BALLER… TEE BALLER

Back in the day I had a tee ball set-up that was awesome. It was red and white and it had one of those balls with the elastic cord attached so you could practice on your own. I would play with that thing for hours and so would my brothers. I got really, really good [...]

29 to 30

I’m counting down to the bitter-sweet (mostly sweet for the obvious “I’m alive” reasons) big day: my 30th. I have no plans for the milestone even though I’ve been talking about turning 30 since I turned 29. I have spent many hours over the past few months thinking back to my youth and trying to [...]