Labor Day is more than one last flip on the grill or flop on the belly. Since 1894, it has officially heralded “the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our … Read More
FoF: Dads B Sexy AF
Every week, we’re just plain astonished by how seven days of living contains about 30 years’ worth of news. As if the midterms and their volatile aftermath weren’t enough, thousands of northwest Los Angelenos (including … Read More
FoF: To Honor the Dead, Embrace the Living
Monday is Memorial Day, when Americans honor those who lost their lives while serving in the armed forces. Around 85% of active-duty personnel are men, and just under half have children. When men are killed in … Read More
FoF: Everyone Is Going Through Something
The Dad 2.0 community often emphasizes the importance of men’s mental health, both in this weekly column and at the conference, in the hope that more discussion will permeate where men aren’t supposed to be … Read More
FoF: Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining, Even the Internet Kind
Longtime readers of this weekly column know that, first and foremost, we’re all about dad news. And we’ll cop to skewing our coverage to the positive, in an attempt to counterbalance the disproportionate coverage of … Read More
FoF: The Earth Exhales
They say Spring is a time for hearts of fancy, rebirth and allergies—the tales of the twitterpated. It is all those things, and then some, but we live in a time when such things are … Read More
Fatherhood on Friday: A Moveable Feast
Hemingway believed that Paris is a moveable feast, and we feel his reasoning — that “wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you” — is a perfect description of fatherhood, … Read More
Fatherhood on Friday: Porchlights, princesses, and passionate Pakistanis
This week offered us a lot of dad-specific content (and our new “Porchlight Posts” section below), so let’s dive right in. Current events continue to lead to lots of hard conversations between parents and children. Over … Read More