He has paced the living room for hours on many a night over the years, comforting a fussy baby. The babies are not babies anymore, but he is still their favorite book reader, bath giver, Monopoly player, waffle server, and […]
fatherhood
“Later you wonder what your children will remember about these days and where the past will find them”
I like to think of Robert Erle Barham as the cultivator of Current ‘s literary soul. If you are not familiar with his creative non-fiction, you should be. In January 2023 we ran his piece “When You Measured the World.” […]
Finding the Good: NBA Father Figures
We have many cultural commentators today decrying the loss of the traditional family and the decline of fatherhood. Some of their concerns seem grounded in the previous decades—divorce is down, for example, and fathers are more engaged than they were. […]