
Scott Beller, Editor and Contributing Writer
Since February 2020, the DADDYING blog has provided weekly commentary, personal narratives, reviews, research, poetry, and other creative expressions from a diverse group of colleagues, guest writers, and experts to promote the benefits of lifelong Dad involvement for kids, families, and communities.
DADDYING BLOG POLICY ON AI: The Daddying blog does not use nor will it consider/accept guest post proposals or completed/final submissions that utilize AI (artificial intelligence) generative technologies, images, video, audio, or dialogue in any way in the development/creation, writing, or editing of our posts, content, or other projects (e.g., Daddying Film Festival & Forum). Without in any way limiting the author’s [and publisher’s] exclusive rights under copyright, any use of any of our works to “train” generative AI technologies to generate text is expressly prohibited. Any guest post/proposal created in whole or in part using generative AI will be rejected.


This Blog Exists Because Men Are Eager to Talk About Daddying



Once Upon A Time...Before Daddying



At the Door of the Wrong God



Louise's Suitcase and How Film Can Help Make Our Daddying Mission: Possible



Daddying the Undaddied



How the Atticus Award For Best Dad-Created Film Earned Roy R. Neuberger's Name



How Daddying Manages to Endure While Our World Remains In Flux



"As They Made Us" Shows The Painful and Often Complex Flip Side of A Dad's Influence



Toward Tenderizing Daddy Disappointment



Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Fathers



Discover Your Kids and Yourself: Be A Travel Dad



How the Father I Never Met Motivated Me to Connect With Lost Family and Become The Dad My Kids Need



How I Gained Lifetime Benefits Meeting the Granddaddy of All Daddying Dads



Why Not Ask Consumers Of Daddying for Their Heartfelt "Reviews?"



My Dad Showed Up...A Half-Century Late



Give Them Presence for the Holidays...and Then Some



How My Father and Yaz Conspired to Make Me A Lifelong Red Sox Fan



Where the Fu*k Was My Father?



O’ Father, Where Art Thou?



A Granddaddy Amazed By His Granddaughter and Doting Son



Granddad's Favorite Way to Stay Active is On the Road with Family



One Song, One Quote, and the Seven at Cornell



How Authentic Storytelling Can Help You Become the Dad You Want to Be



A New Daddying Pinnacle Worth Celebrating



She Impresses Dad Most with the Way She Carries Herself



The Day My Soul Crashed: A Father's Journey from Shattered to Serving



Distant Water Cannot Quench A Thirst



Glad You're Here: A Love Note to My Youngest Daughter on Her 17th Birthday



Modern Childhood: Is The Next Generation of Kids Really The Loneliest One?



The Dads and Sons of Summer

