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The DADDYING blog provides commentary, research, personal narratives, reviews & recommendations, and other creative expressions from

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

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Allan Shedlin

Sep 10, 2020

Lost In The Sun

As best as any words can, Ethelbert Miller's "Lost In The Sun" conveys some of the unimaginable heartbreak felt by a parent losing a child.

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Soul Searching and Daddy Yearning In COVID-19 Isolation

Allan Shedlin

Apr 15, 2020

Soul Searching and Daddy Yearning In COVID-19 Isolation

The men of my family were men of small rooms. I think of this as I begin another week of social distancing.

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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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Daddying Vows: A Worthy Remembrance of Kobe and Gianna Bryant

Allan Shedlin

Feb 27, 2020

Daddying Vows: A Worthy Remembrance of Kobe and Gianna Bryant

All too often, the heartfelt vows that fathers make to their children at birth seem to disappear to a secret land of single socks and los...

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Lost In The Sun

Soul Searching and Daddy Yearning In COVID-19 Isolation

Fathering The Sickness (AKA Ministering to the Sick)

Daddying Vows: A Worthy Remembrance of Kobe and Gianna Bryant

Will You Pleeeeease Be My Daddy?

It's The Little Things They Will Remember

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