LEAD DAD OF THE WEEK

Honesty Pays – Nokware Knight

Here’s some work advice for Lead Dads: be transparent and honest with your employer – even if you’re starting a new job. That’s what Nokware Knight, our Lead Dad of the Week from Bridgeport, CT, did when he was hired to teach at a prestigious independent school in central Connecticut. He had been working as […]

Doing What Makes Sense – Even If It’s Different: Victor Wong

It was a logical, even easy decision, for Victor Wong and his wife to decide that he would take up the Lead Dad role in their home. It…

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…

When Change Makes Sense at Home – Travis Wilson

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…

Lead Dad in Denial

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…

“Can I Do This?,” The Expecting Dad Asks – Donnie DeSanti

“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…

Dad Lessons From a First Job – Louis Chabrier

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…

The Joy of A Career Change – Ed Barker Jr.

“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…

What If 50/50 Parenting Started With A Bag? – Adam Harr

Dads carrying a flower-printed messenger bag filled with diapers, bottles, towels, blankets and a pacifier or two? We’ve all been there…

How To Own Date Night – Drew Chambers

What if dads could arrange a date night soup to nuts? Not just the dinner or movie, but the crucial part that allows it all to happen: the…

Lessons From Moving Internationally For His Wife – Eric Cheong

If there is one thing Eric Cheong, our Lead Dad of the Week from Atlanta via Singapore, has learned, it’s that you have to experience the…

Escaping the Stereotype – Adam Guli

“We live in a world where men still have to shut up and bear it,” said Adam Guli, a long-time expat in China now living in Fort Collins…

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