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The DADvocacy Consulting Group (DCG) acknowledges the vital roles of fathers and mothers alike. DADvocacy builds upon research that affirms that children, fathers, families, and communities are better off when fathers and children are positively engaged in each other’s lives. It includes an active, lifelong commitment to the physical, emotional, social, cognitive/academic, creative, and moral/spiritual well-being of children. DADvocacy takes deliberate actions and helps develop policies to support, encourage, and optimize opportunities for fathers, grandfathers, and father figures to be involved in children’s lives, and vice versa. Learn more about DADvocacy Consulting Group's MISSION and SERVICES.

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4TH annual Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F)

 

Virtual Festival & LIVE Daddying Film Forum in Philadelphia

Coming April 2025

 

 

 

D3F 2025 Call for Submissions NOW OPEN!

 

D3F 2023 Atticus Award Winners

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DADDYING INTERVIEW ALERT!

 

DCG and D3F Founder Allan Shedlin joined the Cool Grandpa podcast to do the thing he loves most: talk about daddying and the Daddying Film Festival & Forum. You can find links to all Allan's recent podcast appearances and other D3F/DCG news HERE.

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Crying: A Father's Untapped Superpower - Allan Shedlin's DADDYING blog post reprinted in

Voice Male Magazine's Spring 2021 edition

ARMOR DOWN/daddY UP!

DCG's Allan Shedlin and DCG partner Armor Down's Ben King created the Armor Down/Daddy Up!™ and Armor Down/Mommy Up™ workshops to assist veterans in armoring down from their military experiences and teach them specific parenting skills to enable them to become the parents THEY want to be. Our workshops continue via Zoom with Warrior Dads/Moms and Warrior Kids. We've dubbed this new phase of the program AD/DU! 2.0.

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Find out how to apply or nominate someone for a small grant through our Daddy Wishes Fund nonprofit partners.

World Bank - March 16, 2017

DCG Founder Allan Shedlin

Become the Parent YOU Want to Be - World Bank Presentation

Become the Parent YOU Want to Be - World Bank Presentation

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