Get ready to cry a little: Our 11 best L.A. Affairs columns about fathers and family
LA TimesFatherhood comes in many different forms. — we pored over the hundreds of columns we’ve published and found 12 of our favorite pieces about fatherhood and family. Among them: a column about a cocky lawyer who swore that marriage and kids were the last things on his mind, and he had no problem telling all his dates that ; and the story about a music teacher who happily filled the void for a young student who desperately needed a father figure in her life. And there’s the poignant piece about a young man who stared out the window while commuting to work on a bus each day, wondering about how to take those next few steps into manhood — and fatherhood: “I had this image in my head of what a husband should be. Affairs: 65 True Stories of Nightmare Dates, Love at First Sight, Heartbreak & Happily Ever Afters in Southern California,” which would also make a fine Father’s Day gift.