Poet Kani Manoharan Veeramarthini honors her father and an influential father figure through her poetry.

Poet, author, and Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) Dadvisor Hakim Bellamy commemorates his son's high school graduation in the best way he knows how: in poetic Dad verse.

Dr. Anthony Fleg faces the next daddying phase as he wishes his daughter well on the occasion of her high school graduation.

Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) founder Allan Shedlin explains why the six-year-old festival's metrics of success are necessarily different from thousands of other annual festivals worldwide. D3F favors the qualitative over the quantitative, and he believes those are the metrics that best reflect the festival's success in achieving its daddying mission.

Allan has hope and many thoughts to share as he stands on the precipice of becoming a Great Granddaddy.

With her new book The Dad Difference publishing this month, educator and father engagement specialist Dr. Deborah Higdon joins the Daddying blog to discuss the proven benefits of having dads more involved in school classrooms with their children.

Daddying Film Festival & Forum founder Allan Shedlin reacts to news he'll soon be a great grandfather.

On Earth Day 2026, Daddying blog editor Scott Beller is reminded that being present in his daughters' classrooms over the years brought him as much joy as being there for them as a work-at-home Dad.

Daddying blog editor Scott Beller chooses to look at his imminent empty nest as half full.

Daddying blog editor Scott Beller suggests letting the truth of history be the guide when talking with our kids about important topics that too often have been politicized and obscured with misinformation.