FATHER'S DAY

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Father's Day, what does it mean to you???  Unfortunately it doesn't mean a lot to a lot of people.  For some, Father's Day is just another day.  Some people even wish their mother happy Father's Day.  That's the world we live in.  For those that Father's Day is really a big deal and you have a father to really treat special on his special day, good for you!  You are very blessed.  For those who don't, don't fret.  You may not have had a father in your life or maybe your father is physically there but not emotionally, but all is not lost.

Father's Day should be a special day for every child, every dad, but the reality is that it isn't.  In fact a recent report says that single parenting is at an alarming all time high.  Fifty one percent of all women in ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />America are raising their children on their own.  Up from 30% a few decades ago.

We all know how important it is to have a father figure in a child's life, even if it's not the biological father.  Having a good father figure in a child's life affects self esteem, decreases high school drop out rates, incarceration, teen pregnancy, etc, etc.

So what are we to do?...  We do something about it, that's what.  The first step is to recognize that it is a problem.  We shouldn't accept buying our mother's a father's day card or gift.  We need to reconnect with our dads.  We need to make sure our children have a father figure in their lives.  We as men need to man up, and be better dads.  We need to start today.  Instead of getting together to talk about sports and women, we should get together to talk about those things that are most important, our children, our future.

We (The Three Doctors) want to bring attention to this issue.  We want to start round table discussions, locally and via the internet.  We want to address this issue, because it's an important one.  Visit our website for more information www.threedoctors.com.  We will have updates shortly.

This issue is so important to us our next book, the follow up to The Pact is about this very issue.  This is probably the most important book we have ever written.  It is riveting, personal, and an engaging tale about fatherhood.  We hope you enjoy it.  Spread the word!...

THE LONG-AWAITIND FOLLOW-UP TO THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING THE PACT, THE BOND… Three Young Men Learn to Forgive and Reconnect with Their Fathers, is the honest and moving account of how the Three Doctors reached out to reestablish relationships with their fathers and how the epidemic of fatherlessness is affecting children and families across the country.

As children, each of the Three Doctors had to navigate life in inner-city Newark without a father's support and guidance.  But rather than cling to the bitterness and pain they felt as children about their fathers' inability to be in their lives, as adults, Davis, Jenkins, and Hunt sought out their fathers and worked to reconnect with them.  In the doctors' own words- and their fathers' own words- they describe the crucial lessons they learned, identifying ways to stem the tide of fatherlessness sweeping through communities across the country.  Honest, brave, and poignant, The Bond is a book for every family, every father, and every man.

Dr. Hunt

The Three Doctors

Praise for The Bond… "There is no shortage of statistics that bear out the anguish and pathology resulting from the absence of fathers in the lives of children, but The Bond tells a different story.  Once again The Three Doctors have illustrated that none of us are bound by our beginnings and ultimately, even for black men, love wins"…. Tavis Smiley