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Allan Shedlin
Mar 5
How to Protect Our Tweens and Teens from False Messages
Psychologist Jacqueline Toner equips parents/grandparents to help children identify and debunk misinformation and disinformation.
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Allan Shedlin
Jan 31
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.
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Allan Shedlin
Oct 30, 2024
Dear Dads, You're Neither Damned nor Doomed
Allan Shedlin explains that while growing up with family trauma makes becoming a good dad more challenging, it isn't a certainty.
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Allan Shedlin
Aug 21, 2024
My Grandson Made Me Do It: Refreshing Our Focus on Family-School Partnerships
Allan laments the focus on standardized testing and urges a return to basics of learning facilitated by stronger family-school partnerships.
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Allan Shedlin
Dec 13, 2023
A Daring New Year Reflection for Dads
DCG and Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) founder Allan Shedlin challenges dads to take a good look in the mirror in the New Year.
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Allan Shedlin
Oct 11, 2023
How A Wedding Toast Could Provide A Shield Against Inhumanity
DCG and Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) founder Allan Shedlin asks you to imagine a world that embraces vulnerability as a strength.
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Allan Shedlin
Mar 2, 2023
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.
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Allan Shedlin
Jul 27, 2022
From the Penitentiary to the World Bank, Daddying Is Within Reach
DCG's Allan Shedlin urges fathers of all backgrounds to ask and act on a question most men never ponder: what kind of dad do I want to be?
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Allan Shedlin
Jun 1, 2022
When Will We Finally Retire the Most Meaningless of All Two-Word Phrases?
In the wake of another gun violence tragedy, DCG founder Allan Shedlin confronts the most meaningless two-word combination in any language.
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Allan Shedlin
May 26, 2022
Tackling the Rampaging Elephant in the (Class)room
Scott Beller has had enough gun violence. He takes on the GOP elephant in the room (& everywhere else) after Uvalde TX school mass shooting.
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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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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
Feb 11, 2021
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
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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Allan Shedlin
Aug 13, 2020
From Founding Father to Finding Daddy
The 2020 election seems particularly important because it comes as the world is falling apart. Our country may look to a "father figure."
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Allan Shedlin
Aug 6, 2020
Be the Role Model You Wanted As A Kid
What I wanted back then was access to an adult with whom I could take refuge & trust to let me vent...Luckily, my dad recognized this too.
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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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Allan Shedlin
Jun 11, 2020
Daddying Helps Navigate Shifting Landscapes of Work and Masculinity
Several trends have made dads less involved in the lives of kids, making evolved versions of male role models, or "daddying," vital as ever.
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Allan Shedlin
May 7, 2020
Giving Dads Help They Need to Be Involved and Battle "Guy Code"
Research shows kids & families are healthier when dads/kids are involved in each others' lives. Removing as many obstacles as possible helps
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Allan Shedlin
Mar 17, 2020
A Kid's View on Coronavirus: It's A Powerful Lesson in Gratitude
Guest post from U. of New Mexico physician & Dadvisor Dr. Anthony Fleg who considers parenting lessons learned from the coronavirus crisis.
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