When I was a young, motivated recruit at Parris Island, my drill instructor stood behind a stack of foot lockers assembled into a podium. “This is the most important period of instruction of your life,” he said with a thousand-yard stare. What wer…
Election anxiety is real. More than two-thirds of Americans <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2020-presidential-election-a-source-of-significant-stress-for-more-americans-than-2016-presidential-race-301147222.html" rel="noopener n…
Whether it’s Halloween or just a Tuesday night in July, there’s never a bad time to watch one of the greatest movies of all time: <a href="https://www.fatherly.com/news/ghostbusters-afterlife-trailer-feels-like-a-commercial-for-80s-toys/" rel="…
Every four years, we have the opportunity and responsibility to make our voices heard. While elections are always important, this year feels particularly critical. A global pandemic. Heightened racial tensions. Upholding or repealing Supreme Court d…
VA is implementing its new electronic health record (EHR) system on Oct. 24 at initial sites in the Pacific Northwest. The implementation improves how clinicians …
Our family made the downsize of a lifetime – from a 2,667 square foot home to 39 feet. That is, a 39-foot travel trailer AKA camper. My husband, our two boys, ages three and one, dog, and cat – we packed up the essentials, stored what was sentim…
An Army spouse has found her purpose after overcoming homelessness and creating her own organization that gives back.
When Marla Bautista was 18 years old, she was thrown out of her home by her abusive step-father with only a trash bag of clot…
For anyone high school age or under, America has been at war since they took their first breath. Since the U.S. invaded <a href="https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/how-i-stayed-in-touch-with-my-family-when-i-deployed-to-afghanistan/" rel="noopen…
You don’t even want to scroll social media anymore because it makes your blood pressure rise. I have always been able to f…
Almost every military career ends with the service member making a decision: find a job or start a business. For those in the National Guard or reserves, this choice parallels time in uniform.
Veterans who choose the path of entrepreneurship h…