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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How To Find Time To Have Fun
And Still be a Good Lead Dad – Several months ago my friend VJ invited me to the three-day member guest tournament at the Philadelphia…
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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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Three Things I’ve Learned As A Lead Dad
They weren’t always easy to learn… Without sounding like some late-night 1980s huckster, the Lead Dad Network is essential. I’ve found…
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The Time My Daughter Hid From Serena Williams
This is No April Fool’s Joke. We sat on the couch as a family and watched “King Richard”. Each year, we pick…
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Patrick van Hoof – Netherlands
A new member of the Company of Dads community and a single dad to his two daughters, Patrick is the founder of superparent.nl, an…
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Fathers and Lifelong Friendships
A Graduation Weekend, And A Great Honor. Mike DeNucci was one of the first people I met as a student at Wilbraham & Monson Academy. It was…
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How All Working Husbands Can Become Lead Dad Material
Lara Bazelon is an attorney and author of the book Ambitious Like A Mother: Why Prioritizing Your Career is Good for Your Kids. Her book is about this moment in time, when we’ve come out of the pandemic where whole groups of people have been able to work from home, and that…
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A Lead Dad’s Mantra for His Son
Gerald Olson is a Lead Dad living and working in Los Angeles, California. He adopted his son Astor through California’s “Safely…
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How Do Spouses Speak When Roles Change
Alex McKenzie was the Emperor of Ice Cream, a life-long food lover who created an ice cream business (named for a Wallace Stevens poem) that was thriving pre-pandemic. He’d done many other things in the food world. He’s worked in the fields and in restaurants. The fish…
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Masculinity, Money and Parenting
What holds some men back from becoming Lead Dads – or at least openly embracing the role? It starts with traditional perceptions of masculinity, of being the higher earner, of being the provider, of not engaging as much with parenting and family tasks. But it’s not something…
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