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Allan Shedlin
Apr 22, 2021
The Many Benefits of Exuberant Lifelong Daddying
As a milestone birthday approaches, DADvocacy Consulting Group Founder Allan Shedlin reflects on a lifetime of daddying and granddaddying.
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Allan Shedlin
Mar 25, 2021
Granddaddying Wisdom: Let Nature Be Your Teacher
I realize when I make a donation to The Nature Conservancy, I’m not giving anything of yours away. On the contrary, I’m investing for you...
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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 4, 2021
First and Foremost It’s About the Children
DADvocacy can rightly be viewed as encouraging enhanced partnerships between fathers and mothers.
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Allan Shedlin
Feb 18, 2021
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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Allan Shedlin
Feb 4, 2021
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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Allan Shedlin
Jan 28, 2021
Saying Goodbye to The House Where I Grew Up
When people ask me where I grew up, I usually say “Springfield, Virginia,” but that’s not entirely true.
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Allan Shedlin
Jan 21, 2021
The Vital Importance of A President's and Daddy's First 100 Days
The presidency, like daddying, does not take place in a vacuum – both occur within a dynamic social system.
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Allan Shedlin
Jan 6, 2021
Was 2020 Real or Just Virtual?
I’m trying mightily to embrace the optimism that usually marks a new year and the traditional hopefulness it entails
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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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Allan Shedlin
Dec 24, 2020
Have Yourself A Memorable Little Christmas
by Scott Beller, Daddying Editor and Soon-To-Be Retired Santa Claus I love the process of making our family's photo cards each holiday...
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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
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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