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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.

Allan Shedlin

Jun 26

Enabling the Past to Enrich the Present

Daddying Film Fest founder Allan Shedlin urges parents to create mental photo albums providing a safe harbor and calm amidst the storms.

Allan Shedlin

Jul 14, 2022

Discover Your Kids and Yourself: Be A Travel Dad

Editor Scott Beller explains why he's an enthusiastic travel dad and wishes his own dad had appreciated the many benefits of family travel.

Allan Shedlin

Jul 8, 2021

Stepping Back Can Help Our Kids Take Steps In the Right Direction

Daddying editor Scott Beller shares his nephew's story to help dads/moms resist the urge to over-parent when kids seem without direction.

Allan Shedlin

Oct 21, 2020

A Good "Family Man" Can Be Hard to Define

I have been a dad for 48 years and a Grandpa for 12. My "kids" have thanked me, over and over, for their growing up.

When It Comes to Protecting Families and Human Rights, We're Partisan Dads and Moms

Our Daddying Thoughts Post-Election

Dear Dads, You're Neither Damned nor Doomed