Am I doing this right? It’s a question I have often pondered as a dad. And Father’s Day naturally prompts such reflection.

Am I doing this right? and the other side of that coin — What am I doing wrong? — have popped up plenty of times over my 17-plus years of fatherhood. The questions began almost immediately, as I struggled to install our newborn’s car seat, for instance. Am I doing this right? echoed in my head, as did white-hot rage at the makers of the sadistic car seat and some colorful words and expressions I had learned from my dad many years before. What am I doing wrong? has come up quite a bit in recent years, as our tween and two teens seem to believe being seen in public with their parents is tantamount to hanging out with the kid who wipes boogers on his pant leg. 

I know I try to be a good dad. I know I love my kids more than my life. I know none of them are broken, and that’s victory in and of itself after nearly two decades in the dad business. Despite the challenges, being a father remains one of the smartest things I’ve done in a lifetime of questionable decisions (as the previous owner of a Michael Jackson “Thriller” jacket, the “Thompson Twins Greatest Hits,” and a Chevette, trust me on this one).  

Two Champion Dads

Any success I’ve had in daddom is greatly attributable to a couple

The annual celebration of Father’s Day gives us a chance to commemorate the dads, grandfathers, and other male figures who have made a positive difference in our lives.

Strong fathers provide us with structure and discipline. As head of the family, they act as a moral compass for their children. Sons are exposed to important behaviors to mimic as they grow, while daughters are presented with characteristics to look for in a future husband.

Needless to say, the role of fathers is indispensable.

While not a dad myself, I’ve often witnessed that the best way to garner the traits needed to become a good father is through observation. So if you’re a new dad looking for advice on what not to do as a father, look no further than Joe and Hunter Biden.

The leading men from America’s First Family provide new and prospective fathers a great case study on things you should avoid doing as a dad. So, think of this article as a crash course on Bad Parenting 101.

Joe the Patriarch

As patriarch of the Biden family, Joe is supposed to be a positive role model for not just his children, but his many grandchildren. But it’s clear that the 81-year-old president views his offspring as pawns that can be used to further his political interests.

For example, after the unfortunate passing of his oldest son Beau due to cancer in 2015, Joe has repeatedly weaponized the death of his child to

In an age filled with hostile propaganda against the nuclear family and devoted fathers in particular, it is worthwhile to ask why the celebration of Father’s Day persists.

Most of us instinctively understand the connection between fatherlessness and social ills, such as crime, poverty, and mental illness. At the same time, we can see the calm and joy of children who are blessed with responsible and loving fathers.

Maybe those are reasons why the tradition of Father’s Day continues to hold sway in America, in spite of ideologues who hope to abolish responsible masculinity by labeling it as toxic, patriarchal, or a product of “white supremacy.” 

Father’s Day also takes place at the height of June’s barrage of “Pride Month” agitation. Central to the “pride” agitprop is a massive campaign for the erasure of sex differences through gender ideology and the push for artificial reproductive technologies such as surrogacy that serve to remove fathers — as well as mothers — from the lives of children. 

Still, the tradition of Father’s Day endures, despite the thanklessness of the work of good fathers by a culture that seems to reject the very notion of fatherhood. That’s because Americans actually love dads no matter how much the media instruct us to despise them.

Fictional Portrayals of Fatherhood Are Testaments to Father Hunger

Many stories in our popular culture are especially instructive on the importance of good fathers and a reminder of the father hunger children experience. In part, the term “father hunger” describes the