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Allan Shedlin
Dec 30, 2021
2022: No Grinches Allowed
DADvocacy Consulting Group founder Allan Shedlin urges dads to focus on what matters most in the New Year: kids and kindness.
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Allan Shedlin
Dec 1, 2021
A Dad for the Holidays
DADDYING guest writer Kirsten Porter shares holiday memories of and poetry to express her yearning to reconcile with her father.
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Allan Shedlin
Nov 25, 2021
Give Them Presence for the Holidays...and Then Some
DCG Founder Allan Shedlin encourages parents to start a family tradition of giving more PRESENCE instead of presents for the holiday season.
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Allan Shedlin
Nov 11, 2021
Veterans Day Is A Good Time to Armor Down and Ask "What About Day Two?"
For Veterans Day, DCG founder Allan Shedlin shares lessons learned from his experience working with military veterans and their families.
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Allan Shedlin
Dec 31, 2020
May 2020 Silver Linings Energize Daddying Hope for 2021
For our final Daddying blog of the year, we offered each member of our DADvisory Team an opportunity and invitation.
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Allan Shedlin
Dec 24, 2020
Have Yourself A Memorable Little Christmas
by Scott Beller, Daddying Editor and Soon-To-Be Retired Santa Claus I love the process of making our family's photo cards each holiday...
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Allan Shedlin
Dec 17, 2020
Lessons From 2020: 192 Dads and Granddads Can’t Be Wrong
The end of each year is traditionally a time for us to reflect on the year just passed and, for many, to make resolutions for the year ahead
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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 23, 2020
Have A Thankful Thoughtsgiving 2020: Through the River and Over the Woods
Despite the sadness and disappointment being magnified as our holiday plans are rethought, I battle to have my positive nature prevail.
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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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Allan Shedlin
Nov 11, 2020
Armor Down/Daddy Up! Salutes Veterans In Their Dual “Call To Arms”
The moment you assume the title soldier (or sailor, airman, or Marine) and the title father, your identity is changed instantly and forever.
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Allan Shedlin
Oct 29, 2020
There Will Be A Blue Moon In More Ways Than One This Halloween
by Scott Bellair Witch Project Editor of Daddying and Director of Communications, DADvocacy Consulting Group My girls will be masked up...
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Allan Shedlin
May 20, 2020
Mindfulness Helps Honor What's Important On Memorial Day
Armor Down founder and DADvisor Ben King teaches us a new way to give honor and observe Memorial Day with our families through mindfulness.
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Allan Shedlin
May 9, 2020
Lessons From Mom On The First Mother's Day Without Her
This is the first year DCG's Scott Beller won't be wishing his mom a happy Mother's Day.
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