LEAD DAD 101

The Power of a Great Employer – Patric Brophy

Here’s a story of the power of a work community that empowered a father to fulfill twin goals. Patric Brophy became a dad young – his first…

For a fleeting moment I was a member of an exclusive club that I’ve long aspired to be a member of. It wasn’t social club. It wasn’t a…

What’s right for a family with two working parents and three kids can be obvious, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to implement. Just ask…

Election night was my turn to put our 7yo daughter to bed. My wife and I trade off, just as we did with our other two daughters until…

I got an email from a conference I attended two weeks ago that prompted me to think about the most important takeaway from that day…

Let’s enjoy good moments. It’s not something I do well. At least not for myself. I’m a great enjoyer of the wins, big and small, of my wife…

Halloween is a day of dressing up as something you’re not – whether that’s silly, scary or something in between. Yet too many Lead Dads…

Three years ago, I stepped away from my dream job, writing the Wealth Matters column in The New York Times, with an idea to start a media…

“Can I do this? What’s the responsibility? Is it going to change my life?” Those were questions that Donnie DeSanti, our Lead Dad of the…

First jobs shape you and Louis Chabrier, our Lead Dad of the Week, credits his was making him an involved parent. Right out of college, he…

Writing a good joke is hard to do. Writing a good dad joke is even harder. Why? Because you have to walk a thin line between funny and…

“The most fulfilling part of being a Lead Dad is the fact that it’s taken so much of the tension out of the family dynamic” said Ed Barker…