Archive for the ‘Later Dads’ Category
Pathways to Parenthood (Excerpt from A Family, Maybe: Two Dads, Two Babies, and the Court Cases That Brought Us Together) by Lane Igoudin
February 26th, 2024
My earliest knowledge about gay parenting comes from, of all places, Newsweek. Back in 1996, working a student job at Stanford News Service, I picked up a glossy issue from a stack of magazines that came in, intrigued by the cover blurb, “Gay Families Come Out.” Those were different times for ...
Meet Later Dad Peter Mutabazi: Interview by Robin Gorman Newman
August 10th, 2023
AGE: 49 RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single RESIDENCE: Charlotte, North Carolina AGES OF YOUR CHILDREN: adopted kid 17 Foster kids: 9, 8, 8, 7, and 21 months Peter Mutabazi is an entrepreneur, an international advocate for children, and the founder of Now I Am Known, a corporation that supplies resources that encourage and affirm children. A ...
Meet New Later-in-Life Dad Stephen McCall: Interview by Robin Gorman Newman, founder, MotherhoodLater.com
May 4th, 2021
Stephen McCall AGE: 43 RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single RESIDENCE: Washington, D.C. AGES OF YOUR CHILDREN: 11 & 15 I am a senior staffer for the U.S. Congress. I also am a distinguished military veteran (US Air Force) and worked over 20 years in the Department of Defense as a civil servant. I was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome at age ...
Meet Later in Life Father Richie Jackson: Interview by Robin Gorman Newman
January 30th, 2020
AGE: 54 RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Married RESIDENCE: New York City CHILDREN’S NAMES/AGES: Jackson (19) and Levi (3) I am the author of Gay Like Me (HarperCollins), and I recently produced the Tony Award-nominated play Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song on Broadway. I also executive produced Showtime’s Nurse Jackie for seven seasons and co-executive produced the film Shortbus. Visit https://www.richiejacksongaylikeme.com/ What did ...
Meet Later Dad: Tom LaMarr
June 11th, 2016
NAME: Tom LaMarr AGE: “A youthful 61” RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Married RESIDENCE: Colorado CHILDREN: Evelyn, an even more youthful 13 The median age for becoming a parent has climbed, and Tom LaMarr is the reason. This Colorado dad was nearly 48 when he met his daughter, which makes him even older now. GEEZER DAD, his memoir ...
BOOK EXCERPT: Geezer Dad by Tom LaMarr
November 2nd, 2015
GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS (excerpt from Chapter One of Geezer Dad) If it wasn’t the boldest decision anyone ever made, it was big for us. After years spent discussing, debating, and generally overthinking our options, we would stop trying to not have a baby. We would place our fate in nature’s ...
Meet Later Dad: Claude Knobler
October 15th, 2014
NAME: Claude Knobler AGE: 49 RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Married 20 Years RESIDENCE: Los Angeles, CA CHILDRENS NAMES/AGES: Clay 18. Grace 16. Nati 16. (Note: Claude was 39 when they adopted Nati, his third child.) I am the author of More Love, Less Panic: 7 Lessons I Learned About Life, Love, and Parenting After We Adopted Our Son from Ethiopia. You ...
All About the Dad by Margaret Hart
November 24th, 2013
This week it's all about the Dad. A Dad who is making a change in his professional career, and moving on to bigger and better things, as is often said when one makes a positive career change. For my son, it's more about a Dad who, as a result of ...
Meet Later Dad: Jay Kordich
September 1st, 2013
NAME: Jay Kordich AGE: 90 RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Married RESIDENCE: Bellingham, WA CHILDREN’S NAMES/AGE: John Kordich, 29 years old and Jayson Kordich, 27 years old At the age of 25 and a competitive athlete, I was diagnosed with bladder cancer and told I may not have long to live. I went to see Dr. Max Gerson who was treating ...
Later Dads: The Blessing That They Are by Heather Bowles
June 15th, 2013
Good Saturday evening, Later Moms and Dads. I hope you're taking it easy in this heat! Today, as I sit here typing this, deciding what to say to and about my partner in parenting, he is across the room, reading to our daughter. Without his diversionary tactics, I fear I ...
