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A father accused of binding his toddler daughter with painter’s tape and then posting a picture on Facebook was acquitted Tuesday of unlawful restraint but still faces a pair of domestic battery charges, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

In the last decade, the number of men who have left the work force entirely to raise children has more than doubled, according to recent United States census data.

Finally, some good news for older dads. A new study hints that their children and even their grandchildren may get a health benefit because of their older age. It's based on research into something called telomeres - tips on the ends of chromosomes.

I’ve taken away my 16-year-old daughter’s laptop. I’ve confiscated her cellphone. However, I’ve never considered destroying these items to further punish her for not doing her chores, for being disrespectful or for being ungrateful. But that’s what one father did. Tommy Jordan shot his daughter’s laptop — nine times — after he found a profanity-laced tirade she had written on her Facebook page.

A southern California man allegedly hit his crying 7-year-old son and then threw him off on a tour boat in busy Newport Harbor, Orange County authorities said Tuesday.

President Barack Obama says being a dad is sometimes his hardest job, but also the most rewarding.

Just like new moms, new fathers can be depressed, and a study found a surprising number of sad dads spanked their 1-year-olds.

When their preschooler was found to have with a degenerative eye condition, the Amicucci family of Troy, Mich., decided that one parent needed to stop working and stay home.

When Armin Brott of Oakland became a dad, he stopped running yellow lights. Other new dads "will lose weight or stop smoking," he says.