Sometimes Chances Pay Off – Dave Palmer
Sometimes taking a chance for you wife pays off for everyone. That’s a part of Dave Palmer’s story. Today he has a robust social media following for the chef-like meals he creates for his four children. Healthy, tasty and easy to copy. But that Dave, our Lead Dad of the Week from Paxton, Fla., is […]
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How The Paper Test Can Improve Life At Home
Do you know what your spouse does around the house? Does he or she know what you do? How much do your work schedules influence what you can do? A lot of couples don’t know, and not knowing has never been a recipe for marital bliss – or professional success. (How can you focus at […]
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Prioritizing Your Mental Health as a Parent
Parenthood can push anyone to the brink. Taking care of your mental health isn’t selfish – it’s how you become the parent your kids need.
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Expanding the Security for Mental Health
Many people who require mental health treatment rarely receive it. Of those that do, some are receiving what they can get – but not necessarily what they need. Mike Hermus – father, entrepreneur and Founder of HaleSpring – shares his personal experienc …
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What Does A Taylor Swift Video, NBC Sports and Raleigh Real Estate Have in Common? Clayton Collins
Sometimes the career fits the moment in life. Or so it’s been for Clayton Collins, our Lead Dad of the Week from Raleigh, N.C. A few years ago, he and his wife Danielle decided to move to North Carolina. Her job working for Prosek, a top communications and marketing firm, and his move into commercial […]
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How To Start a Company and Fatherhood At The Same Time : Andy Ogburn
If not now, when? That was Andy Ogburn’s philosophy when, shortly after his son Felix was born, he left his inhouse creative job to launch his own media production company, Party Practice. Crazy? Like a fox. His wife has a job she loves working for a recycling company and tapping into her passion for building […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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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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The Company Of Dads – Holiday Recap
As we wrap up 2024, Paul reflects on the progress The Company Of Dads has seen – highlighting a few key experiences as a Lead Dad both personally and professionally. He and Skip Cherryholmes discuss what they look forward to in the coming year, and the …
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What’s Worth Waiting For – and What Isn’t?
At the holidays, there’s good waiting and there’s bad waiting. If you’re a kid who celebrates Christmas, waiting for Santa is good waiting. If your stove stopped working right after you pulled out the Thanksgiving turkey and the appliance repair guy keeps ordering parts that don’t actually repair it, and if he never shows up […]
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