Encouraging a Different Perspective
Here’s a bit of solid advice I learned while traveling through Europe recently with my wife and 2 kids: always look for ways to let them…
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Color-Coded Calendars and Candid Conversations – Tyler Horn
Tyler and his wife Ashlee have two children, ages 6 and 4. They met at the University of Miami where they were both D1 athletes — she…
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Financial Wisdom Equals Family Harmony
Carrie Schwab Pomerantz is an absolute expert in family finance. She has served two White House administrations. She advised the Council on Financial Literacy under President George W. Bush, and was later appointed by President Barack Obama to the President’s Advisory Council…
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Help In Making a Tough Decision.
Saying Good-Bye to Leonardo DiCaprio and Turbo. Kids and pets go together and until recently we had dogs, cats, even fish. I got my first…
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Brian Anderson – Evanston, IL
Brian is the co-founder of Fathering Together and a father to his two daughters. 👧👧 Of his lead dad experiences, Brian says…
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Let’s Use Summer To Fix Our Party Problem
It’s Not That Hard To Put Two Emails on An Invite. Using sites like Paperless Post and Evite to organize parties makes sense. You save…
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Feeding Time – How To Make It Fun, Not Frustrating
Parenting is some combination of exhausting and exhilarating. Making healthy meals can fall into the exhausting category. And it’s complicated: if Daddy is drinking a rum punch and attacking a basket of fried seafood, can he really tell his kids to skip the Shirley Temples and…
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The Role Dads Need To Play in a Kid’s Education
Jeff Forte is special education attorney in Connecticut and advocate for parents and children. He runs one of the few law practices in the state dedicated entirely to helping families navigate the state’s special education laws to insure their children get an appropriate…
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The Worst Mistake Lead Dads Can Make
And the simple reminder to prevent us from doing it. Mistakes, I’ve made a few – at home, at work, with my wife, my kids. Lead Dad doesn’t equal perfect…
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A Real History of Lead Dads
How have husbands and wives balanced working, parenting and being together throughout history? Stephanie Coontz, the director of research and public education at the Council on Contemporary Families, says it’s generally not how most of think about it today. If anything, the…
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5 Lessons for Lead Dads from a Leadership Summit
Takeaways from a Women’s Leadership Summit That Lead Dads Can Use at Work and in Life. What can Lead Dads learn at a women’s leadership…
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Just Be There
A Father’s Day Reminder – Kids Remember. What are your kids going to remember about you from this Father’s Day? Or from other…
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