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a diverse group of parenting colleagues, guest writers, and experts to raise awareness and promote the benefits of lifelong dad involvement.

Being A Dad Gave Me The Best Creative Fuel To Launch A "Space Cadet"

Allan Shedlin

Jun 9

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.

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Our World Opens Up When We Let Our Kids Lead the Way

Allan Shedlin

Mar 24

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.

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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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Spoiler: “Learning Loss” Is A COVIDious Myth

Allan Shedlin

Nov 4, 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.

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Annie's Poem: A Child Copes With Pandemic Anxiety

Allan Shedlin

Oct 28, 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.

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Zoom to Classroom: How to Prepare Your Child For Returning to School In the New Normal

Allan Shedlin

Aug 26, 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.

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How To Wrangle Those End-of-Summer Butterflies In COVIDious Times

Allan Shedlin

Aug 10, 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

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How Work-At-Home Dads are Reinventing Fatherhood and Reaping the Benefits

Allan Shedlin

Jul 15, 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.

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Allan Shedlin

Jul 1, 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.

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May 2020 Silver Linings Energize Daddying Hope for 2021

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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Give and Receive the Gift Of Reading Together This Holiday Season

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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Have A Thankful Thoughtsgiving 2020: Through the River and Over the Woods

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

Oct 15, 2020

Our COVIDious Crescendo

My basically-optimistic nature continues to prevail and believe that we are fitfully inching toward a decrescendo, a COVID convalescence...

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Allan Shedlin

Oct 1, 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.

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Nurturing the New End-of-Summer Butterflies

Allan Shedlin

Sep 3, 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

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Mommying Helps Me Cope with COVID-19 Isolation and Dad Grief

Allan Shedlin

Jul 30, 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

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A Pandemic May Be the Best Time to Discover the Freedom of Limits

Allan Shedlin

Jul 23, 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...

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Finding Zen in the Art of Creative COVID-19 Lockdown Projects

Allan Shedlin

Jul 9, 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.

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Allan Shedlin

Jun 25, 2020

An Ode To Baseball Dads

One of the best parts of being in this baseball family community is that I’ve had many chances to witness father-son relationships.

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Fathering The Sickness (AKA Ministering to the Sick)

Allan Shedlin

Apr 8, 2020

Fathering The Sickness (AKA Ministering to the Sick)

Dad wouldn’t have done anything different in a pandemic. He was always stockpiling essentials.

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Being A Dad Gave Me The Best Creative Fuel To Launch A "Space Cadet"

Our World Opens Up When We Let Our Kids Lead the Way

2022: No Grinches Allowed

Spoiler: “Learning Loss” Is A COVIDious Myth

Annie's Poem: A Child Copes With Pandemic Anxiety

Zoom to Classroom: How to Prepare Your Child For Returning to School In the New Normal

How To Wrangle Those End-of-Summer Butterflies In COVIDious Times

How Work-At-Home Dads are Reinventing Fatherhood and Reaping the Benefits

Welcome Home to Being A Dad

May 2020 Silver Linings Energize Daddying Hope for 2021

Give and Receive the Gift Of Reading Together This Holiday Season

Have A Thankful Thoughtsgiving 2020: Through the River and Over the Woods

Our COVIDious Crescendo

The Superpower of Being Present

Nurturing the New End-of-Summer Butterflies

Mommying Helps Me Cope with COVID-19 Isolation and Dad Grief

A Pandemic May Be the Best Time to Discover the Freedom of Limits

Finding Zen in the Art of Creative COVID-19 Lockdown Projects

An Ode To Baseball Dads

Fathering The Sickness (AKA Ministering to the Sick)

My Best Guess

Is Twenty Dollars Enough?

Being A Dad Gave Me The Best Creative Fuel To Launch A "Space Cadet"

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