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Allan Shedlin
3 days ago
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
Feb 26
Daddying/Parenting During Trumpestuous Times
Allan puts a name to what many parents must be feeling right now and how they must overcome those feelings for the sake of their children.
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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
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
Dec 24, 2024
Give Your Children What They Most Want and Need for the Holidays and Beyond
Allan Shedlin shares his timeless holiday sentiment urging dads to give their children what they most want and need: their presence.
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Allan Shedlin
Dec 12, 2024
No Time for Empathy Overload During the Season of Good Cheer
Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) founder Allan Shedlin is trying to suppress his empathy overload this holiday season.
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Allan Shedlin
Nov 13, 2024
When It Comes to Protecting Families and Human Rights, We're Partisan Dads and Moms
After a polarizing 2024 Presidential election, DCG and D3F Founder Allan Shedlin restates the dadvocacy organizations' guiding principles.
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Allan Shedlin
Aug 6, 2024
What Too Many Dads Don't Know About Perinatal Depression
Allan Shedlin has studied and worked in the fatherhood field for decades but even he has much to learn about perinatal depression & anxiety.
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Allan Shedlin
Aug 1, 2024
Taking Another Step in Our Daddying Journey
Daddying blog editor Scott Beller prepares for an exciting road trip to visit prospective college destinations with his oldest daughter.
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Allan Shedlin
Jun 19, 2024
My Brother's Trophy
To this day, award-winning author J. Boyce Gleason remembers wise daddying words from his brother about what is truly important.
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Allan Shedlin
May 28, 2024
4 Things A Dad Can Learn From Reading Books by Women About Motherhood
As a husband and father who became hooked on books about motherhood, Alex Trippier discovered it can also be transformative for dads.
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Allan Shedlin
Apr 11, 2024
How A Faithful Dad Gained A Healthy Perspective and Counts His Blessings
Cantor Rick Lawrence explains how he gained perspective about his and his family's health by visiting with others during chaplain training.
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Allan Shedlin
Mar 25, 2024
How Baseball Influenced My Parenting
Writer, dad, and mediocre Little Leaguer Francois Bereaud explains how baseball helped make him a more patient and mindful parent.
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Allan Shedlin
Mar 13, 2024
Daddying, Granddaddying, and the College Shit Show
D3F and DCG founder Allan empathizes with his granddaughter after she endures the dreaded wait for response to her college applications.
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Allan Shedlin
Feb 21, 2024
There is No Such Thing as a Perfect Dad
Allan Shedlin asks dads & moms to consider children consumers of parenting and strive to meet their needs rather than be "perfect parents."
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Allan Shedlin
Feb 14, 2024
Finding the Perfect Valentine Mix
Daddying blog editor Scott Beller tries to find the right mix to wish his better half a happy Valentine's Day.
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Allan Shedlin
Jan 3, 2024
For Unto Us A New Life in the New Year
U.S. Marine vet, dad coach Ben Killoy celebrates the arrival of his son Evan and gives heightened meaning to the phrase "New Year, New You."
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Allan Shedlin
Dec 7, 2023
All This Dad Wants For Christmas
Daddying blog editor Scott Beller submits his Christmas gift wish list for his teen daughters' consideration.
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Allan Shedlin
Nov 15, 2023
We Must Protect Our Children’s Rights to Prevent So Many of Them from Being Wronged
DCG founder Allan Shedlin makes a plea to adults for World Children's Day.
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Allan Shedlin
Nov 8, 2023
Veterans Day in A World Still At War
For Veterans Day, DCG founder Allan Shedlin introduces US Army and Iraq vet Donna Zephrine's reflections on seen and unseen scars of war.
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