
Al Roker on How Parenting a Child with Special Needs Inspires Him
The Today show weatherman and co-host shares the joys and lessons he’s learned from his son, Nick.
In 1978, author Loren Eiseley published an essay called “The Star Thrower.” It recounts a beach walk by a narrator...
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The Today show weatherman and co-host shares the joys and lessons he’s learned from his son, Nick.

In this story from November 2003, sports announcer Joe Buck recalls how a shared love of baseball allowed him to grow even closer to his father, Hall of Fame baseball announcer Jack Buck, in Jack’s final years.

The Today show weatherman and co-host discusses the challenges and rewards of parenting a child with special needs.

Miss Mississippi Asya Branch didn’t know what to expect when she shared her incarcerated father’s story in the competition

In this story from August 1976, Corrie ten Boom, the author of The Hiding Place, recalls her watchmaker father’s timeless advice.

Nyon Smith shares how, on becoming a parent himself, he became closer to his own father, who tended to be career-focused when Nyon was growing up, and learned lessons on parenting from his dad.

Elizabeth Peale Allen talked with host Dr. William Baker about what it was like to grow up as the daughter of the father of positive thinking.

After her father passed away, her loss felt unbearable. Until she had a peculiar dream…

How Associate Editor Adam Hunter’s dad captured a very inspiring moment on film.

He realized that she was in God’s hands and that there was one thing he could do: love his daughter.

President George W. Bush’s love for his late father.

Longing for his father’s approval, the running back first had to understand his father’s dreams.
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