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Dear Dr. T,

I was recently married to a woman who has two children, a boy aged nine and a girl aged seven. I don't know anything about being a father, my own father left my  mom when I was five so Idon't really have a father role model. I am trying to be the best dad I can be but I feel like I am drowning at times. Sometimes our boy does not seem to like me at all — I think he resents my presence. And our girl just cries so easily, I feel bad. Can you give me some tips? 

In the current issue of Fathers Perspective, six fathers speak out about fathers day and their relationship with their children and their own fathers. Being a dad in 2008 is not the same as it was for our fathers, but it is just as rewarding.

Check out what they have to say. Also in this issue is "Fathering from a Distance," how Anthony and Shelah Lyles, divorced parents of daughter Aleyah, share parenting from different states. It's a must read for dads who find themselves in this situation. 

with Donte, Jr.

Donte Whitner is currently a strong safety for the NFL team, Buffalo Bills. Donte Whitner grew up without a father. He grew up without a father to lean on, without a father to show him how to grow as a man and as a father himself. His father was in prison for most of his life. He was fortunate, however, to have a strong mother, Deborah, and grandmother, Rosetta, who cared for him and helped him grow into the man he is today. But Donte never forgot how it felt to be without a father, he never forgot the yearning.

So when he became a father himself he knew one thing for certain—his son would always have a father in his life, his son would know how a responsible father acts, his son would have a father to depend upon. Donte says, “When I became a father I saw what I was missing. I want to give the children everything I didn’t have growing up—lots of love and someone present in their lives. I will be a father forever, I will not disappear.” His son, Donte Jr, is seventeen months old and his daughter D’Aira is three months old.