Good Fathers - Essential to a Child's Well-Being and the Health of a Marriage

If you could give your child a magic elixir that would make him or her healthier, wealthier, smarter and happier, would you give it to them?  Of course, you would.  Unfortunately, there is no such magic elixir, but there is something more timeless and elemental that essentially offers the same results—having a loving, stable father involved in a child’s life.

…Read the full article on our June 2008 Cover Story page.

For more information on this subject or other marriage and family questions or to inquire about counseling, seminars or retreats, contact the Tedders at (412) 983- 2299 or at transformation08@gmail.com.

Rev. Robert Tedder, MSW, Executive Director of Reach Up, Inc. and the Minister of Counseling at Union Baptist Church of Swissvale, is a licensed social worker with 18 years of clinical experience. A graduate of Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh, he is an adjunct instructor at the University of Pittsburgh, Site Coordinator for TWOgether Pittsburgh and a marriage coach for The Marriage Works.

A. Michele Tedder, MS, RN is a nursing instructor at UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing with an 18 year history at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic as a nurse clinician and mental health and wellness community educator. She is also a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Michele is an author, regional speaker and experienced in the area of adolescent depression and suicide. The Tedders are the co-founders of Transformational Living (formerly Household Ministries), a marriage, family and life wellness educational outreach program, and have been married 23 years. They live in White Oak and have three children, Robyn, Ryan and Ross.

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