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The Risks of Logistics In Love

I get a thrill out of sequential tasking. Not multitasking, where I’m trying to do more than one thing at once. But sequential tasking…

Who Teaches You To Be a Dad at Work?

Companies are starting to give men paternity leave at work. It’s a start. But there’s still a macho culture that can make taking that…

Brent James – Myersville, MD

Say hello to our Lead Dad of the Week, Brent James from Myersville, Maryland! A father of three, Brent works from home with two kids with…

Friendship How The Strong Bond of Golf Helps Men At the start of my career, I sought out mentors. Most of them were old enough to be my father, which was a good thing. Given how and where I grew up, there was no one in my family who had any idea how to …

LEAD DAD 101

Lead Dad 101 What I Learned From Two Weeks Off What would you do if your kids were home for two weeks and you and your spouse had a window where you could take that time off too? Could you do it? Would you come back thinking differently? Would you have …

A New Year’s Day To Remember

Every time I’ve been somewhere warm on New Year’s Day, I’ve played golf. But this year was different. I’ve been playing golf since I was 10, when my maternal grandfather took me to the public course he played with his retired post office buddies. I’ll …

How To Mix Crime Fighting and Fatherhood

Trevor Kempner, assistant district attorney, a cappella singer, thirtysomething Lead Dad, is a fascinating study of human complexity. He…

Mario Boucher – Raleigh, NC

Let’s welcome Mario Boucher as our Lead Dad of the Week. Mario, a corporate writer and marketer, is a divorced father of a teenage son…

The Worst Thing I Learned From a Healthy Month

I recently went through a month of being super healthy, and what I learned was not at all what I expected. I share this now as we wade…

The 3C’s Working Parents Need To Have

Deborah Porter is an influential voice on parenting. She runs Porter Systems and is a consultant to organizations and businesses to…

Dustin Wenzel – Houston, TX

Welcome Dustin Wenzel, our Lead Dad of the Week. Dustin lives north of Houston, Texas, with his wife Kerri and their children, 11 and 7.⁠⁠..

Blindsided by Societal Norms

People say I’m crazy Doing what I’m doing Well, they give me all kinds of warnings To save me from ruin When I say that I’m okay, well they look at me kinda strange “Surely, you’re not happy now, you no longer play the game” People say I’m lazy Dreamin …

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