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Allan Shedlin
Mar 5
How to Protect Our Tweens and Teens from False Messages
Psychologist Jacqueline Toner equips parents/grandparents to help children identify and debunk misinformation and disinformation.
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Allan Shedlin
Oct 30, 2024
Dear Dads, You're Neither Damned nor Doomed
Allan Shedlin explains that while growing up with family trauma makes becoming a good dad more challenging, it isn't a certainty.
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Allan Shedlin
Aug 21, 2024
My Grandson Made Me Do It: Refreshing Our Focus on Family-School Partnerships
Allan laments the focus on standardized testing and urges a return to basics of learning facilitated by stronger family-school partnerships.
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Allan Shedlin
Dec 20, 2023
How the Grinch stole my heart
Washington Post book critic and dad to a special needs child Ron Charles shares his affinity for Dr. Seuss' iconic holiday classic story.
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Allan Shedlin
Sep 13, 2023
The Queen of Goodbye
Writer Jane Ehrenfeld shares how she and her daughter with special needs are challenged to cope with constant back-to-school changes.
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Allan Shedlin
Sep 6, 2023
Embrace the Wobble
Dr. Anthony Fleg writes about his dilemma of being a coach, teacher and dad as he helps his daughter learn to ride without training wheels.
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Allan Shedlin
Oct 12, 2022
It's That CAMPAIGNful Time of Year – Do You Know Where Your Kids Are Emotionally?
DCG Founder Allan Shedlin prepares parents to talk with kids about the 2022 mid-term elections.
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Allan Shedlin
Sep 22, 2022
Time and Babies Fly While Daddy Hopes To Stay Connected
Daddying blog editor Scott Beller celebrates his oldest daughter's birthday by applauding her achievements and letting her fly solo.
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Allan Shedlin
Apr 13, 2022
The Incident: A Wreck At the Intersection of Toxic Masculinity and Race
DCG DADvisor Neil Tift shares an old story that's still relevant in today's conversation about race, masculinity, and how we raise our sons.
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Allan Shedlin
Dec 10, 2021
Seasons of Good Cheer: Be the Supportive Fan Your Kids Need
Daddying Editor Scott Beller remembers his late mother Mary and misses her unconditional support on her birthday.
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Allan Shedlin
Nov 4, 2021
Spoiler: “Learning Loss” Is A COVIDious Myth
DCG Founder Allan Shedlin explains how "learning loss" is a COVIDious myth & teachers/parents should focus on kids' pandemic learning gains.
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Allan Shedlin
Oct 28, 2021
Annie's Poem: A Child Copes With Pandemic Anxiety
9-year-old Annie has turned to poetry during the COVID pandemic to help express and cope with the difficult things she's been feeling.
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Allan Shedlin
Aug 26, 2021
Zoom to Classroom: How to Prepare Your Child For Returning to School In the New Normal
Author and youth rights advocate Anna Gilchrist provides parents with tips on how to help children adjust to returning to school in person.
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Allan Shedlin
Aug 10, 2021
How To Wrangle Those End-of-Summer Butterflies In COVIDious Times
DCG's Allan Shedlin helps parents talk to kids about why it's normal to feel anxious at start of a school year, especially during a pandemic
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Allan Shedlin
Jul 21, 2021
How My Students Came to Know Me As "Daddy of the School"
DCG founder and former elementary school principal Allan Shedlin explains how a former student gave him the title "daddy of the school."
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Allan Shedlin
Mar 4, 2021
First and Foremost It’s About the Children
DADvocacy can rightly be viewed as encouraging enhanced partnerships between fathers and mothers.
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Allan Shedlin
Feb 25, 2021
Will You Pleeeeease Be My Daddy?
As often happens when we do not get what we need at home, I looked elsewhere.
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Allan Shedlin
Feb 11, 2021
It's No Surprise: Crying Can Be A Dad Strength
the birth of one’s first child often provides the chink that breaks through the masculine armor that has formed throughout a boy's life...
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Allan Shedlin
Dec 10, 2020
Give and Receive the Gift Of Reading Together This Holiday Season
I remember my mom reading to me almost every day as a kid. I remember hearing her voice, warm, energetic, and song-like...
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Allan Shedlin
Nov 19, 2020
Celebrate the Holiday Season By Reading With Your Kids
I remember that awesome feeling that awaited me beyond the cover of a good book because my mom, grandmother, and teachers read to me often.
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