The product of a blended family and blended citizenship, Kevin Shafer is an associate professor at BYU who specifically chose fatherhood as his primary research concentration. He uses his PhD, his Twitter platform, and his … Read More
Episode 94: Tales From the Boom-Boom Zoom Room
We’re back! And Season 4 begins with Jeff and Doug catching up on all the new things that happened over the summer. Travel is back, schools are in-person, and Dad 2.0 has a new partnership … Read More
Reddit Finds Redemption (and Revenue) From “Layered Responsibility”
Among our favorite podcasts is Ad Lib, where Ad Age Editor Brian Braiker interviews those who have moved and shaken their way to prominence in media and marketing. Braiker’s journalistic background made him an exceptional … Read More
Words Can Still Win on the Wild West Web
It’s time to reassess “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” because the sticks and stones are getting larger and pointier, and the words wielded on the Wild West … Read More
Fatherhood on Friday: “You Are Not Where You Go”
Earlier this week, the U.S. Justice Department busted several high-profile parents in its largest-ever prosecution of college admissions fraud. The kids may have been indifferent to college and/or oblivious to the perfidy, but their parents … Read More
FoF: Everybody Cut, Everybody Cut
If you’re the parent of a teenager (or someone who’s old enough to want to act like one), this weekend you might just be sending them off to a Homecoming, or an Autumn Festival, or … 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 (Good) Friday: Ordinary People Change the World
Today is Good Friday, which sounds encouraging whether you observe Easter or not. And this Good Friday, we lead with a new effort from our Dad 2.016 keynoter and all-around mensch, Brad Meltzer: During his … Read More
Fatherhood on Friday: Active Lifestyles, Amazon, and Aziz Ansari
Movember is upon us, and so far dozens of men—from all your favorite dad spaces across the web—have joined the #MovemberDads team to focus attention on improving men’s health. Also new this year, the MOVE … Read More
Fatherhood on Friday: Announcement Season Kicks Off!
Happy September, gents! It’s the Friday before Labor Day Weekend, which means College football has started (Yes!), and If you picture our conferences as end zones of a football field, we’ve crossed the 50-yard-line! That’s … Read More