Last night, writer Bill Grueskin tweeted out a really interesting writing prompt: What’s the first sentence of the best novel that will be written about this epidemic?— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) April 3, 2020 The thousands … Read More
Another Week In the Upside Down
If we could point to a date when COVID-19 first grabbed the public’s attention, you could make a case for March 11, when the WHO declared a pandemic, the president addressed the nation on network … Read More
In the Age of Netflix and Children
Remember BBC Dad, the political science professor who went viral when his kids burst into his office during an online interview? Today we are all him, trying to work from home and help manage our … Read More
Parenting, Pandemics, and Closing the Social Distance
Happy Friday the 13th! How’s your week going? If you’re like us, your job (if you still have one) has told you to telecommute, your kids are home from school and full of questions, your … Read More
Five Mainstage Moments That Defined Dad 2.0 in DC
On Wednesday, Episode 23 of the podcast was alive with nostalgia for the DC Summit that just was and excitement for the new fall LA Summit to come. The overall compendium of 17 mainstage speakers, … Read More
Our 2020 Summit Theme: “Dadfluence” Is Better Than Influence
When we started Dad 2.0 in 2011, one of our core discussion topics was the need to overhaul how fathers were portrayed onscreen. And it wasn’t just because we wanted to save the world from … Read More
Vermont Vetoes Paid Leave: When Perfect Is the Enemy of Good
Attendees at this month’s Dad 2.0 Summit will experience an historic first: Two panels devoted to the same subject. That subject is the persistently thorny problem of paid leave, which is confronting two very distinct … Read More
The #GirlDad Hashtag Benefits Dads Even More Than It Does Girls
When Kobe Bryant and his daughter were killed, ESPN’s Elle Duncan described a discussion she’d had with him about his four daughters, and how he’d have five more if he could, because he saw himself … Read More
Our Complicated Grief Over Kobe
Five days after the helicopter crash heard ’round the world, we know a lot more about Kobe Bryant the Father. We know the main reason he traveled in helicopters so often was to preserve family … Read More
Blogging Isn’t Dead, Redux: Stories Reach Farther As Options Expand
For the first time since we started highlighting the writing of online dads in our weekly Porchlight Posts, none of this week’s fab five is written, in the traditional sense. Instead, we’ve selected a podcast, … Read More