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

Allan Shedlin

Jul 15

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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It's The Little Things They Will Remember

Allan Shedlin

Feb 18

It's The Little Things They Will Remember

...engaging my children in making fresh pasta or brewing a cup of espresso, is a lesson in the joy of those simple things.

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It's No Surprise: Crying Can Be A Dad Strength

Allan Shedlin

Feb 11

It's No Surprise: Crying Can Be A Dad Strength

the birth of one’s first child often provides the chink that breaks through the masculine armor that has formed throughout a boy's life...

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Allan Shedlin

Feb 4

How To Cope With A Race That Never Ends

We avoid the runner’s pitfall of incessantly asking “How much more is left?” Instead, we focus on our journey toward the finish...

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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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Lessons From 2020: 192 Dads and Granddads Can’t Be Wrong

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 3, 2020

Hammering Out Life's Lessons

I was born in 1951 when my Dad was almost 40. That was the time when fathers were supposed to dispense advice to children based on TV shows.

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Allan Shedlin

Nov 5, 2020

The Squirrel in the Coal Mine

by Allan Shedlin Founder, DADvocacy Consulting Group The following was written 11/4/2020, mere hours after Election Day 2020 closed and...

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A Good "Family Man" Can Be Hard to Define

Allan Shedlin

Oct 22, 2020

A Good "Family Man" Can Be Hard to Define

I have been a dad for 48 years and a Grandpa for 12. My "kids" have thanked me, over and over, for their growing up.

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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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How CAMPAIGNful Politics Impact Us and Our Children

Allan Shedlin

Oct 8, 2020

How CAMPAIGNful Politics Impact Us and Our Children

After watching the first un-presidential debate, I wondered if it was acceptable fare for kids.

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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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She Made Me A Dad and Gave Me Confidence

Allan Shedlin

Sep 17, 2020

She Made Me A Dad and Gave Me Confidence

I was 38 when my daughter Morgan was born. Even though I had decades of preparation, nothing had quite prepared me for the responsibility.

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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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Creating A Special Daddy-Daughter Bond With Number Two

Allan Shedlin

Aug 27, 2020

Creating A Special Daddy-Daughter Bond With Number Two

After much trial and even more error caring for our first child, I figured I was prepared for anything a second daughter could throw at me.

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How To Best Support Your Child’s Other Father

Allan Shedlin

Aug 20, 2020

How To Best Support Your Child’s Other Father

Biological fathers shouldn't view stepdads or foster dads as a threat to the relationship they have with their kids.

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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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A Different Perspective: Four Father’s Days Plus One

Allan Shedlin

Jun 18, 2020

A Different Perspective: Four Father’s Days Plus One

I’ll be celebrated this Sunday like millions of other dads on our official Father’s Day, but prefer to celebrate my four OTHER father's days

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Mindfulness Helps Honor What's Important On Memorial Day

Allan Shedlin

May 21, 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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This Is What I Learned From My Lovely Emma On A Windy Day

Allan Shedlin

Apr 29, 2020

This Is What I Learned From My Lovely Emma On A Windy Day

Emma’s my 9-year-old granddaughter, the first offspring of my first offspring. To say Emma is a delight begs more descriptive adjectives.

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

It's The Little Things They Will Remember

It's No Surprise: Crying Can Be A Dad Strength

How To Cope With A Race That Never Ends

May 2020 Silver Linings Energize Daddying Hope for 2021

Lessons From 2020: 192 Dads and Granddads Can’t Be Wrong

Hammering Out Life's Lessons

The Squirrel in the Coal Mine

A Good "Family Man" Can Be Hard to Define

Our COVIDious Crescendo

How CAMPAIGNful Politics Impact Us and Our Children

The Superpower of Being Present

She Made Me A Dad and Gave Me Confidence

Nurturing the New End-of-Summer Butterflies

Creating A Special Daddy-Daughter Bond With Number Two

How To Best Support Your Child’s Other Father

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

A Different Perspective: Four Father’s Days Plus One

Mindfulness Helps Honor What's Important On Memorial Day

This Is What I Learned From My Lovely Emma On A Windy Day

Thanks to Encouraging Moms Who Make Our Daddying Possible