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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 for kids, families, and communities.
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The Importance of Parents Being There – REALLY Being There
DCG Founder Allan Shedlin addresses how parents can help children during the mental health crisis that's hitting teenagers especially hard.
Allan Shedlin
Mar 2, 2023
Our Chaotic Parenting Times Have Given Birth to a New Syndrome – HPS
DCG Founder Allan Shedlin describes a new parenting affliction that seems to exist wherever and whenever parents and children are together.
Allan Shedlin
Oct 19, 2022
Being A Dad Gave Me The Best Creative Fuel To Launch A "Space Cadet"
Four-time Grammy Award-nominated musician Justin Roberts shares how his creative process has changed since becoming a dad.
Allan Shedlin
Jun 8, 2022
Our World Opens Up When We Let Our Kids Lead the Way
In his new book, Anthony Fleg shares what he's learned as his kids challenge and inspire him to see pandemic life from a fresh perspective.
Allan Shedlin
Mar 23, 2022
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.
Allan Shedlin
Dec 30, 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.
Allan Shedlin
Nov 4, 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.
Allan Shedlin
Oct 28, 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.
Allan Shedlin
Aug 26, 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
Allan Shedlin
Aug 10, 2021
How Work-At-Home Dads are Reinventing Fatherhood and Reaping the Benefits
ThirdPath Institute founder Jessica DeGroot shares findings from Father's Day webinar showing how at-home dads are reinventing fatherhood.
Allan Shedlin
Jul 15, 2021
Welcome Home to Being A Dad
U.S. Marine Corps veteran and podcaster Ben Killoy finally found his comfort zone as a dad by asking himself one simple question.
Allan Shedlin
Jul 1, 2021
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.
Allan Shedlin
Dec 31, 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...
Allan Shedlin
Dec 10, 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.
Allan Shedlin
Nov 23, 2020
Our COVIDious Crescendo
My basically-optimistic nature continues to prevail and believe that we are fitfully inching toward a decrescendo, a COVID convalescence...
Allan Shedlin
Oct 15, 2020
The Superpower of Being Present
Think of the children in your life. Their superpower is living in the moment. COVID-19 implores us to be more like our children.
Allan Shedlin
Oct 1, 2020
Nurturing the New End-of-Summer Butterflies
When the cocoon of childhood summers past opened into a more predictable fall, the emergent butterfly was able to unfurl its new wings & fly
Allan Shedlin
Sep 3, 2020
Mommying Helps Me Cope with COVID-19 Isolation and Dad Grief
My own personal grief has been set aside while we mourn so many things before COVID19. The pandemic made me be the mother I dreamed of being
Allan Shedlin
Jul 30, 2020
A Pandemic May Be the Best Time to Discover the Freedom of Limits
When limits are consistently and clearly in place, they provide a sense of freedom that doesn’t exist when boundaries are unclear...
Allan Shedlin
Jul 23, 2020
Finding Zen in the Art of Creative COVID-19 Lockdown Projects
Facing long-term confinement with kids/family got me thinking about best ways to pass time at home during COVID-19 lockdown. We chose art.
Allan Shedlin
Jul 9, 2020
Granddad's Favorite Way to Stay Active is On the Road with Family
On the road with family, Daddying Film Festival & Forum Associate Director Rob Richardson is reminded that being a traveling grandparent is a real "gas."
Allan Shedlin
Oct 14
One Song, One Quote, and the Seven at Cornell
As Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) founder Allan Shedlin follows coverage of the "Cornell Seven" sexual violence case, he's reminded of a lesson he learned long ago from the Broadway musical "South Pacific," that relates to how parents and other influential adults should be more mindful of what they're "carefully teaching" children.
Allan Shedlin
Oct 7
How Authentic Storytelling Can Help You Become the Dad You Want to Be
Adam Ukman, director of The Dads Initiative writes about reaching and supporting Dads through the power of storytelling.
Allan Shedlin
Sep 30
A New Daddying Pinnacle Worth Celebrating
Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) founder Allan Shedlin and his granddaughter Casey, a licensed clinical social worker, reflect on their discussions with Dads at the Special Fathers Network retreat in Nashville, after screening Zach Hellmuth's short film, "In Search of the Arctic Fox."
Allan Shedlin
Sep 23
She Impresses Dad Most with the Way She Carries Herself
Daddying blog Editor Scott Beller celebrates his oldest daughter from afar on her 19th birthday.
Allan Shedlin
Sep 18
The Day My Soul Crashed: A Father's Journey from Shattered to Serving
Alfred Niwagaba tells his story of being inspired by and caring for his son with special needs in Uganda.
Allan Shedlin
Sep 9
Distant Water Cannot Quench A Thirst
Nicholas Banura Aine writes about his struggles with long-distance parenting, which created deep emotional gaps with his children, one with autism, who needed his presence.
Allan Shedlin
Sep 2
Glad You're Here: A Love Note to My Youngest Daughter on Her 17th Birthday
Daddying blog editor Scott Beller writes a special note to his youngest daughter for her birthday, which coincides with back-to-school and the beginning of her high school senior year.
Allan Shedlin
Aug 28
Modern Childhood: Is The Next Generation of Kids Really The Loneliest One?
Guest writer Tessa Dodson highlights the complexity of modern childhood and offers parents practical guidance for supporting kids in building social connections through open communication, managed screentime, and unstructured play.
Allan Shedlin
Aug 19
The Dads and Sons of Summer
Poet and literary activist E. Ethelbert Miller debuts an original poem about baseball, Dads, and sons in this week's Daddying blog.
Allan Shedlin
Aug 12
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