Fatherhood Channel

Military families are learning skills to strengthen family resilience before, during and after deployment. Marriage education and relationship skills exercises help children confide by teaching parents to be better listeners.

Positive, affirming interactions with toddlers and children in a natural “leveling position” promote safety, connection, and reinforce enduring messages that they are valued and loved.

The head of the National Park Service is scheduled to speak Saturday about public land stewardship in Merced, California as the National Park Service prepares for this month’s “Healthy Parks, Healthy People” week that begins April 16 at the nation’s 394 national parks.

Should you make-up or break-up? PAIRS CEO Seth Eisenberg shares some of the typical statements he hears from people on the brink of divorce along with answers from the trenches of marriage education.

Ashley Judd says, “We’re only as sick as our secrets” in a new memoir about the myths her mother created to build a legendary country music career as Ashley Judd experienced trauma, abandonment and shame.

Katie Couric quietly tells CBS News she’s said enough as she appears to be getting ready to leave the position long held by Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather to pursue a much more personal dream.

Like the characters in her new film, Water for Elephants, newlyweds Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth are busy creating their own destiny.

Chaplain Ed Waldrop is changing lives for military and veteran families through his service at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center. He delivers retreats as part of the partnership that was recognized as “Best Practice in Marriage Enrichment” by the Veterans Administration.

With budgets tighter than ever, YMCA executives are betting happier employees who understand emotions in themselves and others will be more satisfied with their jobs and better able to exceed customer expectations.

On a quiet Sunday morning in South Carolina, the instant of a near fatal car crash offers powerful reminders about the fragility of life, kindness of strangers, and infinite value of a loving embrace.

A morning tweet reveals a secretive website for couples in a relationship who are “looking for more” and a leading marriage education program may have more than a few things in common.

Marriage education was introduced as a “preventive maintenance” approach to sustaining love and strengthening families in this 1982 Washington Post article.

At 45, Actress Stacey Dash says she’s discovering beauty and happiness come from her closest relationships. Our Love Docs offer their take on Heart and Soul’s five tips to consider when facing the glow of a new affair.

Is technology helping couples and families hear everything but each other? An exercise from a leading relationship and marriage education program helps make it safe to confide emotions.

Communities nationwide will celebrate the 9th Annual Black Marriage Day Sunday, March 27. The day aims to strengthen and promote marriage in the black community.

Yale law students can now check-out a dog from the school library. Educators are hoping a therapy dog will help the future lawyers increase happiness and emotional well-being.

American Idol executives are betting on Season 10′s younger contestants for a ratings boost. Who do you think will be the next American Idol?

Tiger Woods misses his father’s advice. Billy Ray Cyrus thinks he could have done better. Pia Toscano discovered Motown singing with her father. What memories are you creating as a father this week?

With hundreds of people responding to an entry-level job opening, how can you give yourself the best chance of standing out from the competition?

As Chief of Chaplains at the San Diego VA Healthcare System, Chaplain Dick Millspaugh provides supportive services for veteran families to help couples learn skills to overcome unique stressors of military service.