Yesterday, my kids wished a happy father’s day to the OKest man they’ve ever known. So it’s for them that I include this story from Vox: How dads improve their kids’ lives, according to science. (A warning to Vox editors: They are not going to be impressed.)

+ “What is it about watching your kid play sports that brings out your inner homicidal maniac? Is it the amateur-hour refs? Is it the other parents, who talk smack to 8-year-olds and never shut up about little Billy’s insufficient playing time?” GQ on the rise of the A-hole sports dad.

+ Smithsonian: Ten things we’ve learned about dads.

+ Who was the coolest dad on the planet during this year’s Father’s Day? No doubt about it … it was this guy.