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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 to kids, families, and communities.
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Setting Sail – A Father's Journey Reimagined
Guest poetry by 21st Century Dads founder David Hirsch intended to help comfort other parents caring for their own special needs children.
Allan Shedlin
Oct 22, 2025
Time and Babies Fly II: She's On Her Way
Daddying blog editor Scott Beller celebrates his oldest daughter as she graduates high school and looks forward to college life.
Allan Shedlin
Jun 7, 2025
I'm Just A Dad on a Mission to Pursue Joy and Resist the Chaos
After a rough start to 2025, this dad embraces little daily joys and his daddying purpose to shield him and his family from global chaos.
Allan Shedlin
Jan 31, 2025
Trying To Live Up to High Ideals Isn’t Easy
Guest writer Claudette Scheffold remembers her fire-fighting hero father, Fred, and aspires to model his ideals daily.
Allan Shedlin
Jan 15, 2025
Like Our Daddying, We're in Control of the Lights We Display in the New Year
Our editor takes stock in the things he can control in the New Year: his lights, his camera, and his daddying!
Allan Shedlin
Jan 10, 2025
Our Daddying Thoughts Post-Election
Editor Scott Beller and D3F Founder Allan Shedlin offer daddying thoughts after digesting results of the 2024 Presidential Election.
Allan Shedlin
Nov 6, 2024
The Secret to Beating Lane 6
Daddying blog editor Scott Beller explains how on the same weekend in Philadelphia, he & his daughter overcame seemingly insurmountable odds
Allan Shedlin
May 22, 2024
A Rare Dad Gets Beyond "Why Me?"
Daniel DeFabio, a dad dealing with a life-threatening diagnosis for his child, tries to move past hopelessly asking "why me?"
Allan Shedlin
Mar 20, 2024
A Dad's Influence and Memory Helps This Poet Remain Bulletproof
The Bulletproof Poet, Ismael Rodriguez, Jr., shares poetry that carries the positive, lasting impact of a father being there for his child.
Allan Shedlin
Feb 7, 2024
The Daddying Movement Continues to Evolve
Allan revisits The Daddying Movement and positive changes spurred by a growing, dad-friendly social media ecosystem, including podcasts.
Allan Shedlin
Feb 1, 2024
For Unto Us A New Life in the New Year
U.S. Marine vet, dad coach Ben Killoy celebrates the arrival of his son Evan and gives heightened meaning to the phrase "New Year, New You."
Allan Shedlin
Jan 3, 2024
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.
Allan Shedlin
Sep 6, 2023
5 Essential Rules for Parental Time Travel
Daddying blog editor Scott Beller is a dad who constantly travels back and forth in time.
Allan Shedlin
Sep 2, 2023
5 Tips for Talking to Kids About Climate Change
Writer and author of "Growing Sustainable Together" Shannon Brescher Shea shares 5 tips to help parents talk to kids about climate change.
Allan Shedlin
Jul 20, 2023
Graduation Tears Guaranteed
DCG founder Allan Shedlin celebrates another emotional graduation with family and despite our chaotic world climate, he is filled with hope.
Allan Shedlin
May 18, 2023
Taking A Walk Down Memory Lane In My Daughters' Shoes
Daddying blog editor Scott Beller takes on his next challenge as a dad: remaining a trusted resource for his kids during their teen years.
Allan Shedlin
Feb 9, 2023
How We're Embarking on A Daddying Mission of JOY for the New Year
Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) Director Allan Shedlin rings in the New Year with a joyful daddying film recommendation.
Allan Shedlin
Jan 5, 2023
Please Remember the Embattled Families of Ukraine
DADvocacy Consulting Group founder Allan Shedlin offers hope and another plea for more humanity, kindness, and daddying in the New Year.
Allan Shedlin
Dec 30, 2022
Let There Be Peace, Presence, and Daddying This Holiday Season
Season's greetings and happy holidays from DCG Founder Allan Shedlin & Daddying blog Editor Scott Beller.
Allan Shedlin
Dec 22, 2022
Want More Time With Your Kids? Cherish Your Health
Daddying blog editor Scott Beller learned the importance of parental self-care by watching his father neglect his own health.
Allan Shedlin
Nov 11, 2022
What Happened to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?
Daddying editor Scott Beller laments the continued human rights abuses by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including murders this past week of Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
Allan Shedlin
5 days ago
A Dad Still Going Along for the Ride
Daddying blog editor Scott Beller embraces his evolving role as a Dad, which will always include being his daughters' safe, reliable ride home.
Allan Shedlin
Jul 10
Something to Celebrate For America's Conflicted 250th: Principles of Our Founding Daddies
Daddying Film Fest founder Allan Shedlin longs for an America that not only celebrates landmark birthdays but also adheres to the inclusive and promising ideals its "founding fathers" clearly expressed in the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution.
Allan Shedlin
Jul 1
Many Aspects of Daddying Offer Positive Outcomes for Involved Fathers and their Kids
Senior Research Scholar for Child Trends, Dr. Mindy Scott, presents data evidence of the many positive outcomes related to Dads remaining involved with their children.
Allan Shedlin
Jun 25
Revisiting Our Unique Daddying Perspective: Four Fathers' Days Plus One
Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) director and founder Allan Shedlin celebrates Fathers' Day in a way different from many other Dads.
Allan Shedlin
Jun 17
A Daughter's Ode To Her Father and A Father Figure
Poet Kani Manoharan Veeramarthini honors her father and an influential father figure through her poetry.
Allan Shedlin
Jun 11
Processing My Son's Graduation from High School...in Poetic Verse
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.
Allan Shedlin
Jun 3
It's Graduation Day for Daddy Too
Dr. Anthony Fleg faces the next daddying phase as he wishes his daughter well on the occasion of her high school graduation.
Allan Shedlin
May 27
More than Your Ordinary Film Festival Metrics of Success
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 Shedlin
May 20
More Thoughts About Entering the Kingdom of Great Granddaddying
Allan has hope and many thoughts to share as he stands on the precipice of becoming a Great Granddaddy.
Allan Shedlin
May 13
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