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How To Make a Tough Choice: Say It Aloud

Do I support my wife and her business at her work dinner? Or do I go to an event to talk to a group of senior female executives about how to get their husbands to be more supportive? Once I put it that way the decision was obvious. But it started off as one of […]

Your Kids Might Tell You What You’ve Been Thinking All Along: Jamie Hopkins

As a son Jamie Hopkins had a shock that every father fears. He went to school one day and came home to learn that his dad had died, in a construction accident. “My dad was gone at my age,” said Jamie, about to turn 40. “I think about that a lot. I think about how […]

Parents Can Advocate for Reading As A Civil Right

What if we reframed children learning to read as a civil right? Would that change how schools teach our children, particularly the 1.6 million kids in the U.S. with dyslexia? On Friday, I went to the premiere of the documentary “Left Behind”. The documentary follows a group of mothers of dyslexic kids in New York […]

Learning What Can Wait Until Night Time – Tony Cotrupe

Realizing what parts of your work need to be when people are awake and what parts can be done when they’re asleep is one route to being a super-involved working dad. “What I do has two parts,” said Tony Cotrupe, who once worked “8 zillion hours a week for J.P. Morgan Chase” and now runs […]

Passion vs. Career: How to Help Your Child Follow Both

We all want to see our child follow their passons and achieve their goals. But what if they are passionate about something we don’t understand? What if their goals don’t align with our goals for them? Margot Machol Bisnow – Author and mother of 2 entre …

Encouraging Good Grades Without Pressuring Your Kids

Excessive academic pressure can damage a child’s confidence and well-being. Parents play a crucial role in encouraging growth without stress.

How To Encourage Companies To Give Equal Parental Leave

Companies that do not have equal leave policies are implicitly discriminating against their female employees. Companies that don’t train managers – who rose through the ranks in a different work culture – to message leave policies positively are holding back men and women. Here’s how to change this.

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How a Life Sprinter Changed His View – Jay Acunzo

Being a life sprinter can have tremendous career benefits but the best way to get through the mud of life with kids may just be to trudge through it. That realization has allowed Jay Acunzo, who advises executives on how to be better speakers and was once the ultimate life sprinter, to change how he […]

I Gave Up Complaining. Here’s A Better Strategy

This is my dog, Annie. She works with me most days. At night, she sleeps in my daughter’s room. She doesn’t ever complain. What she does[…]

Former Grammy-nominated musician to Lead Dad

Skip Cherryholmes

Skip Cherryholmes is a former Grammy-nominated bluegrass musician who spent nearly two decades touring with his family band, Cherryholmes, and later with his own group, Sideline. In his early 30s, he stepped away from the spotlight to focus on being a full-time father to his two young children in Raleigh, North Carolina. His transition into full-time fatherhood was chronicled in the Lead Dad Diaries, a year-long series exploring the challenges and rewards of becoming a Lead Dad. As a key contributor and Media Director for the organization, Skip shares honest insights about parenting, marriage, and work-life balance, inspiring other dads to be more present and engaged in family life.

Honesty With Yourself Goes a Long Way – Michael Iammarino

“It’s a whole mixed bowl of good, hard, sometimes poor parenting,” admits Michael Iammarino, our Lead Dad of the Week from Kansas City[…]

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