Lead Dad 101
We Need A Solution For Different School Breaks
They force parents to make choices, reduce work and inevitably upset kids. A lot of firsts are great – first…
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Kris Anderson – Dallas, GA
Kris is a new Company of Dads member and is a full time performer, songwriter, music teacher, and loving father to his three amazing…
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When You Have Choices, Choose Wisely
Today my guest is Nick Brophy, father of five children, ages 7 to 24. Nick played football at Princeton and the team won the Ivy League championship his junior year. Then he took a traditional path to Wall Street. He loved it and excelled at it for nearly 20 years. His wife…
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Tuesdays With Dads
Lessons on Stereotypes from A Fathers Meet-up in Los Angeles – There’s the bumbling dad, the angry dad, the abusive dad, the…
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The Time My Daughter Hid From Serena Williams
This is No April Fool’s Joke. We sat on the couch as a family and watched “King Richard”. Each year, we pick…
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Patrick van Hoof – Netherlands
A new member of the Company of Dads community and a single dad to his two daughters, Patrick is the founder of superparent.nl, an…
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The Internet’s Dad Shares His Tips
Rob Kenney came up for the idea for “Dad, How Do I?” during the pandemic. He wanted to provide what he calls “Dadvice,” to kids who didn’t have a dad. He knew that role personally, growing up without a father – his mom died and his dad left the family when Rob was 14. Little…
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Finding A Balance
Fun with Family and Friends Can Be Fraught for Lead Dads. Matt, an executive coach whose wife runs a Fortune 1000 company, goes…
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Fathers and Lifelong Friendships
A Graduation Weekend, And A Great Honor. Mike DeNucci was one of the first people I met as a student at Wilbraham & Monson Academy. It was…
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The Ties That Bind Lead Dads
No Matter Who You’re Rooting for in the NFL Draft. I met Najee Goode the way I make nearly all new friends these days: on a golf course…
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The Funniest Lead Dad in America Shares His Secrets
A funny thing happened on the way to J.R. Havlan using his college degree to get a job on Wall Street: the stock market crash of 1987. With every offer evaporating, he did the next logical thing and went into comedy. While he surely would have been the funniest guy at the…
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Lead Dads in Hiding
What Are The Risks of Not Being Seen? Here’s how it started. Will, who works in real estate, approached me at…
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