(Oct. 1, 2008) -- McPherson confesses that, as a male, he doesn't connect with his daughter around certain issues. ""I have a hard time handling the over-sensitive nature she has, so I have a hard time adequately helping her with things she gets upset over,"" he admits. Understanding, too, that as a daughter starts to pull away is when she needs you the most is a difficult concept for dads. ""That can be challenging for men,"" notes Warren.

(Oct. 1, 2008) -- The game went great. On the way to the game, my daughter asked me about yelling. Her little sister has been getting into a log of trouble for screaming lately. This is one of those awkward rules where you are really trying to teach the idea of appropriate behavior. While it is in appropriate to run into Mom & Dad's room at 6 AM on Saturday screaming at the top of your lungs, when the Twins are winning and you are at the game and there are runners in scoring position, Daddy has no problem with you yelling.

(Oct. 1, 2008) -- As the parents of a 2-year-old, Darah and Joe Shatswell thought it would be sensible to wait until he returns in July 2009 from his first tour of Afghanistan to expand their family. But Mother Nature had other ideas. Just before the Army specialist was deployed in July, the surprised Shatswells - based in Fort Hood, Texas - learned they were to be the parents of triplets. But the surprise was far from over. When she was 19-weeks pregnant, a specialist told her there was another baby hiding in there. By this time, her husband was in Afghanistan and she had to tell him over the telephone.

(Oct. 1, 2008) -- It's a familiar sight for those who have morning drives in Mesilla. Randy McFerrin on his mountain bike with his six-year-old daughter, Claire, riding ahead on her pink Princess bicycle. Mesilla Elementary participates in Walk and Roll, a program to encourage students to walk and ride bicycles to school to stay healthy.

(Sept. 30, 2008) -- According to police, 52-year-old David Meyers broke into a home early Sunday morning and entered the bedroom of a 17-year-old girl. He was carrying condoms, a rope and a knife, wearing nothing but a mask and a pair of latex gloves. She was screaming as her father ran into the bedroom and fought off the attacker, who turned out to be a convicted sex offender living nearby.

(Sept. 22, 2008) -- “When she’s in your company, your daughter tries harder to excel. When you teach her, she learns more rapidly. When you guide her, she gains confidence. If you fully understood just how profoundly you can influence your daughter’s life, you would be terrified, overwhelmed, or both.”

(Sept. 22, 2008) -- Five-year-old Miriana and her classmates were in the middle of reading time when her father slipped into the classroom today. She was startled to see him, then embraced her father and introduced him to her classmates.

(Sept. 22, 2008) -- Richard Patino, 51, and Andrea Patino, 22, were arrested on suspicion of cultivating marijuana charges after agents from the Merced Multi Agency Narcotic Task Force found 11 mature marijuana plants growing in the backyard of a home at 2701 Coronado St.

(Sept. 22, 2008) -- The girl, who was in the toy section when the alleged assault occurred, told her parents and pointed at the man, said sheriff’s Sgt. Jorge Pinyon. “Her father confronted the suspect inside the store,” Pinyon said. The suspect ran and the father chased him outside the store, yelling for help from other patrons to catch the suspect, Pinyon said.

(Sept. 22, 2008) -- State Attorney John Tanner said the case is being dropped because a father has a right to defend his home against a stranger and has the right to use reasonable force against such an intruder.

(Sept. 15, 2008) -- Tony Nemarich and his daughter had to wade through neck-high waters to escape their flooded home and reach relative security at the Galveston Island Convention Center. “People couldn’t even get out the doors because the water was so high,” said Nemarich.

(Sept. 15, 2008) -- At the time of the divorce, a High Court order gave the father access to his daughters on alternate weekends and holidays. His attempts to have the order enforced by the justice system have been unsuccessful and so expensive that he has decided to give up. It has left him feeling disappointed in the way fathers are treated. "I have to pay maintenance, otherwise they issue a warrant of arrest, but if she denies access, nothing happens. There's so much support for her and I get nothing. There's no one to turn to for us men," he said.

(Sept. 14, 2008) -- An angry Deltona father whacked his teenage daughter's boyfriend with a metal pipe after finding the boy naked in his daughter's room. Authorities say the father, 45, didn't even know his daughter had a boyfriend or that the youngster had been sneaking into the home for more than a year.

(Sept. 14, 2008) -- A Middle Tennessee mayor is making national headlines, but it has nothing to do with his job. Instead, he's attracting attention because of his moves on the dance floor. A father-daughter dance has residents rolling in Clarksville, one of the nation's fastest-growing cities.

(Sept. 14, 2008) -- Cliff DeVeau remembers the first time he brought his daughter Taylor to a game at Yankee Stadium. Taylor, now 13, visited when she was only 10 months old. Today, she is 13 and still travels to the stadium with her dad. "I always want to bring my daughter to at least one every year," DeVeau said. "It's just something her and I have bonded over."

(Sept. 3, 2008) -- Father-and-daughter-duo Niall and Sarah Heffernan took it upon themselves to leave home comforts aside and move into a cold, damp shack in the grounds of the Silverbridge Shopping Centre in Claremorris for the weekend. The brave twosome decided to take on this unusual challenge in order to raise awareness of the living conditions in South Africa, as well as raising funds for the Niall Mellon Township Trust.

(Sept. 3, 2008) -- As he prepares to send his first daughter off to college, a distancing more accurately measured in emotion than in miles, Dennis Hultzman imagines the house without Tori, who is 18. He understands this is a necessary passage in the young woman’s life, but in the feelings it evokes, it is just one step removed from the feelings at a daughter’s wedding.

(Sept. 2, 2008) -- Troubled pop star Britney Spears tells British newspaper the Daily Star, "My father saved my life. I probably wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him. I've not always been a good daughter; but he basically gave up his job and his life to look after me at a time when I wasn't even sure I wanted to go on living. I owe him my life."

(Aug. 26, 2008) -- My daughter asked me to buy her tampons the other day. Ugh. That’s the last thing a single dad wants to get at the local drug store. It’s bad enough buying her razors (little pink ones), face soap (fancy junk from a spa), shampoo and conditioner (a very specific brand and type). But feminine hygiene products? Someone please find me a rock to crawl under.

(Aug. 26, 2008) -- Ball State's junior quarterback Nate Davis stopped going out. He spends all his free time with his daughter. "That's all he talks about is his daughter, 'I'm about to go see my baby girl.' 'I'm about to go see Miss Pretty,'" linebacker Brandon Crawford said. "Football is football, but when it's time for him to be 'dad', he's 'dad'. He separates those two. But when it's time to see his baby girl, you can see it in his eyes and in his walk. Ball State coach Brady Hoke said he's seen Davis mature almost overnight since his daughter arrived. His mind isn't wandering, he more focused on football and though he was dedicated before, he's taken that dedication to another level.