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Keith Nagel

Keith Nagel, a zookeeper by training and the newly elected president of The National At-Home Dad Network, is our Lead Dad of the Week…

Would You Cut A Kid In Line? For Golf?

“Why does he get to cut the line?” my daughter asked as we waited in line to play golf, just her and me, no sisters. It was 2pm the day before Thanksgiving, a time when the people who came out for golf weren’t there to compete – that’s the early a.m. c …

Skip Cherryholmes: Month 7 Of Lead Dad Life

Welcome to Month 7 of the Lead Dad Diaries with Skip Cherryholmes. We’re following Skip for a year as he goes from well-known touring…

Teaching Life Lessons in the Kitchen

The kitchen isn’t just for cooking – it’s a place where kids learn responsibility, creativity, and confidence. When children help prepare meals, they build life skills and memories that last far beyond dinnertime.

Why CEOs Fight Hybrid Work – Even When They’re Wrong

The Five Day Office Week is Dead – so says Nick Bloom, an economics professor at Stanford University and an expert on work-from-home…

Peter Graves

Peter Graves, our Lead Dad of the Week, vividly remembers the year he devoted all of his time to his boys. It was 1995. In that pre-cell…

5 Lessons About Change From Thanksgiving

This is our second Thanksgiving spent at an inn in northeast Florida, and there are some lessons in it for adapting to change more broadly…

How To Foster Empathy in Children

Empathy doesn’t just happen – it’s taught in everyday moments. From leading by example to volunteering together, here’s how parents can raise kind, emotionally intelligent children.

Why The Best Companies Treat Dads and Moms Equally

Many companies still focus on working moms with their outreach and employee resource groups for parents. But research from Boston…

Brian Sullivan

When Brian Sullivan, our Lead Dad of the Week, took on management roles at Mastercard and later Charter Communications he had a go-to…

5 Reasons Why Schools Need Dad Events

Here’s a story about a working parent’s journey from awareness to frustration to complaint (with a detour into unproductive grumbling) and…

How to Make Gifts Fair and Inclusive

As kids grow, birthday parties get complicated. Here’s how to approach gift bags, fairness, and expectations with confidence.

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