The purpose of Forging Fatherhood is to help men become better husbands and fathers by providing resources, insight, inspiration, and guidance in the core areas of Marriage & Family, Health & Fitness, Faith, and Personal Growth.
Forging Fatherhood MIssion Statement
Fatherhood isn’t easy.
No parenting role is. I often joke with my wife that I can’t believe we left the instruction manual at the hospital when we had our kids. Both times. But the truth is, if there has ever been a role that consists solely of on-the-job training and learning from your mistakes, this is it.
The role of the father in the modern world has been diminished. Usually depicted as a bumbling doofus on television shows, especially children’s programming, fathers are no longer portrayed as role models in our homes but rather someone to be laughed at and pitied.
Forging Fatherhood is a catalog of my experience as a father and husband, the good and the bad. It is a listing of some of my successes, mistakes, failures, triumphs, and maybe even a few confessions. But more than that, it is also a journal of the things I am learning and trying to accomplish as I try to become better.
As I forge ahead in my role as a father, these are the things I am using to shape my life. By being open and honest, my hope is that I can pass on the things that I have learned so that other fathers can be better prepared for what’s coming, or perhaps find some guidance and relief when they are in the trenches themselves.