Parenting
A Camp Lesson On Speaking Up
My wife leads by example, and our daughters are learning by watching her. There are the everyday moments, but that’s not what I’ve been…
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Here’s Why You Shuffle Your Work Schedule Around
This is what a Care Shift looks like. Yesterday my teenage daughter asked me if I’d play tennis with her. I’m not good at tennis and don’t really like it. My day was packed, with essential calls and work that I’ve been putting off. It was hot. “Of cour …
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What Happens When A Single Dad Needs Support?
Not all fathers have support. Some are single dads like me, doing the biggest job on our own. Fatherhood as a single dad is unheralded and…
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Is The Dollar Value of Dad Really Half of Mom?
Dads are worth less than Moms, according to a Father’s Day Survey from Insure.com. A father’s value for the work he does at home is worth…
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Father’s Day Gift: Let Dads Be Parents
When the plane my wife was on landed, she forwarded me an email. As I read it, I rolled my eyes – for the 50th time this school year!
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What’s Worse for a Working Parent? September or May?
Katherine Goldstein’s naming of “May-hem” in her newsletter this week is spot on. Her Double Shift newsletter is always great but this one…
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Does Your Kids’ Dentist Like Kids?
Do you know the name of your child’s dentist? This is a great question Eve Rodsky asks fathers.I certainly do. But I often mumble it in…
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Dads Want to Help. Will Schools Let Them?
Does equality start at home or at work?It’s the chicken-or-the-egg question for the post-Covid world of life for working parents…
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Should There Be A Tradeoff Between Work and Babies?
After our weekly Tuesday meeting, our social media manager texted me: “Sorry I was a little off today. Might have to get induced tomorrow…
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Here’s How To Make The Math of School Breaks and Jobs Work
We just finished our winter school break in Florida. We had fun, our girls had fun, and my wife and I traded off working at different times…
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Work Arounds When Lead Dads Get Left Out
Monday PSA, from a near miss.Working Moms – we need your help. Please tell the mothers who email birthday party invites only to you to stop…
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Did a Four-Month Old Spark a Fatherhood Change?
Congressman Jimmy Gomez told me that personal experience had long informed his politics. So, I wasn’t surprised to see him taking the lead…
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