LEAD DAD 101

Kyle Reynolds

Just show up for your kids. That’s it. It’s been the guiding principle for Kyle Reynolds, our Lead Dad of the Week from Nashville, Tenn…

“Buy the ticket, take the ride.”That’s one lesson I’ve learned from this end of summer jumble of work, no camp, no school, lots of stuff…

“You have to be an engaged parent.” That’s how Jeff Nelligan, a retired U.S. Army Colonel-TK and a public information officer in Washington…

Doug Emhoff’s speech at the Democratic National Convention wasn’t just another way to show his wife Kamala Harris as a three-dimensional…

While every day matters as a father, the particularly complex ones when you are there matter more. That, and for reasons that will become…

As a Lead Dad, as a working parent, here’s what I’m most grateful for at the end of this week: a senior male leader who takes his job…

It all began in a rush hour traffic jam – when the honking competed with the cursing and swearing. It was the moment Ben Feller, who was…

I had 30 hours in Charlotte, N.C., and I thought hard about what to do with those hours. Here’s a way to organize that time that could help…

Could being a firefighter in a warzone make you a better father and husband? It sounds extreme, but Pete Arthmire, an academic dean at a…

I got to teach my daughters basic economic lessons this week – namely the difference between fixed costs and opportunity costs…

If there is one thing working dads are missing, it’s the team aspect that Angelo Melchiorre loves from his day job – being a manager at…

“Quiet time is good but gets old.” My cousin sent me that text last night, and it hit home. I’ve been away from my family the whole week…