Born on April 1st and raised in a town that gambled on cow poop, Joel Willis began his editorial career with a dad blog called the Glad Stork. From there, after years as a contributing … Read More
Episode 107: Brian Gordon Is Half Stubborn, Half Stupid
If Brian Gordon hadn’t lost his marriage, his job, and his dog over several dark months in 2015, he may never have created the wildly popular cartoon Fowl Language. And now, he’s looking to support … Read More
Episode 99: Simon Holland, the Stealth Bomber
Our last double-digited guest is Simon Holland, the work-at-home father of two whose brilliant humor writing has built two colossal platforms on Twitter and Instagram. He’s an inspiration to anyone with a desk job and … Read More
Paid Leave Policies Need To Treat Men Like Women
In 1965, David Letterman was a geeky undergrad at Ball State University with a neck-beard and a radio show. And parental leave of any type was a wisp of an idea among second-wave feminists who … Read More
Episode 31: She Loved It, and I Had Fun Doing It (with Beau Coffron)
Beau Coffron’s life as Lunchbox Dad began with a simple act of kindness, when he sent his kindergartener to school with a Hello Kitty-themed lunch. Nine years later, without any prior training in food or … 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
What We’ll Be Talking About at the 2020 Dad 2.0 Summit
Last February, the theme of the 2019 Dad 2.0 Summit in San Antonio was The Comfort of Discomfort, which acknowledged that meaningful milestones happen only when enough people are motivated enough to strive for them. That’s … Read More
Best of the 2010s: The #DadLife Decade
We learned a lot in the 2010s. Our galaxy contains more than 100 billion planets. Selfies are deadlier per capita than shark attacks. Dinosaurs had dandruff. And fathers spending time with their children results in … Read More
Don’t Pickle Your Sperm
We humans have a complex relationship with alcohol. It’s a social lubricant that causes antisocial behavior, and we can’t seem to agree whether even moderate consumption is healthful or not. But a study that went … Read More
FoF: Survive and Advance
It’s time for the latest in fatherhood (basketball-ish edition). That’s right, we’re talking March Dadness. How is your bracket?