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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
Jan 15
Trying To Live Up to High Ideals Isn’t Easy
Guest writer Claudette Scheffold remembers her fire-fighting hero father, Fred, and aspires to model his ideals daily.
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Allan Shedlin
Aug 13, 2024
D3F and Sundance Award-Winning Film "Daughters" Takes Dad Involvement to the Next Level on Netflix
We celebrate the Netflix debut of Sundance & Daddying Film Fest winning documentary Daughters by resharing Angela Patton's guest post.
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Allan Shedlin
Feb 29, 2024
What Would You Keep in Your Pregnant Father Kit?
Allan sorts through the contents of a vintage "Pregnant Father Kit" and considers how much dad roles and societal perceptions have changed.
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Allan Shedlin
Jan 17, 2024
Once Upon A Time...Before Daddying
Allan writes of a little boy who craved his father’s love, attention, and presence, which was scarce.
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Allan Shedlin
Oct 4, 2023
When the Native Son Returns...Accompanied By His Own Son and Grandson
Matthew Wolf gains new admiration for his father while traveling back to their Midwestern roots for dad's 65th high school reunion.
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Allan Shedlin
Jun 21, 2023
Parable of the Papa
DCG DADvisor and Albuquerque's inaugural poet laureate Hakim Bellamy examines the differences between being a father and art of being a dad.
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Allan Shedlin
Apr 26, 2023
A Dad's Struggle To Move Beyond Miscarriage
Welcome to Fatherhood podcast host Kelly Jean-Philippe shares how he and his wife endured the pain of miscarriage differently.
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Allan Shedlin
Sep 22, 2022
Time and Babies Fly While Daddy Hopes To Stay Connected
Daddying blog editor Scott Beller celebrates his oldest daughter's birthday by applauding her achievements and letting her fly solo.
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Allan Shedlin
Sep 7, 2022
How Losing Was Really Winning When Wrestling with My Father
Award-winning Carolingian Chronicles author J Boyce Gleason remembers how he and his siblings bonded trying and failing to tackle their dad.
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Allan Shedlin
Aug 10, 2022
Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Fathers
The book "The Little Prince" inspires poets Miho Kinnas and E. Ethelbert Miller to ponder mysteries of their fathers.
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Allan Shedlin
May 20, 2022
My Father’s Pillow Talk
Award-winning author and cartoonist Charles Johnson remembers the influence his father had on his storied career path.
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Allan Shedlin
Feb 18, 2022
How I Gained Lifetime Benefits Meeting the Granddaddy of All Daddying Dads
For the DADDYING blog's 2nd anniversary, editor Scott Beller writes a love letter of thanks to DCG founder Allan Shedlin.
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Allan Shedlin
Dec 23, 2021
A Father’s Legacy of Care that Keeps on Giving
Promundo-US CEO Gary Barker recalls how his dad walked the talk about gender equality and caring for children as a calling and "man's job."
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Allan Shedlin
Oct 21, 2021
A Pep Talk for At-Home Dads
Marine Veteran Ben Killoy shares his HomeDadCon keynote to inspire fathers/father figures to become dads their kids want/need them to be.
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Allan Shedlin
Sep 23, 2021
Cussing and Kissing Can Both Strengthen Bonds Between Dad and Son
Storyteller Harry Groome remembers how he felt the first time he heard his dad swear and the last time he kissed him goodbye.
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Allan Shedlin
Sep 9, 2021
Missing Dad and All the Little Things That Made Him Great
DCG DADvisor Neil Tift remembers his dad, the pain of losing him, and the Erma Bombeck column he shared when family gathered to say goodbye.
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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
May 20, 2021
The Daddying Ties That Bind
DCG Founder Allan Shedlin and DADvisor Hakim Bellamy harmonize different daddying perspectives with poems using necktie imagery and themes.
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Allan Shedlin
Mar 18, 2021
A Long Year of Reflection and Daddy Blogging
Just as daddying doesn’t take place in a vacuum, but within multiple contexts and social systems, so it has been with our Daddying blog.
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Allan Shedlin
Mar 11, 2021
I'm Forever Holding Onto Fond Memories of My Dad
We didn’t know we were poor. We had the richness of the affection of our parents; we basked in their love...
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