This week’s column is inspired by Dad 2.019 Speaker Shannon Carpenter, whose Porchlight Post “Flexing Through Fatherhood” (see below) confronts that queasy feeling when your family looks to you for the answers you don’t have. … Read More
FoF: Eight Great Answers to “What is Dad 2.0?”
Did you watch the Stanley Cup Finals last night? The Washington Capitals finally broke through, and the Great Eight himself finally got to hoist the trophy. This is a sign, because today is June 8, … Read More
FoF: Dissent of the Governed
When former FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday, he expressed his belief that the entire process was important, especially for kids “to see we are a functioning adult democracy.” He wasn’t … Read More
FoF: Let’s Play Seven
It’s June, and social media is flush with Father’s Day Fever! More on that below. In the meantime: If we learned anything from Pixar’s Inside Out, it is the importance of hockey. (Also, don’t put broccoli … Read More
Fatherhood On Friday: Hitting the road, making the turn
To most of us in the northern hemisphere, August means summertime, and hopefully a little travel with our kids while they’re out of school. We love seeing all the posts from traveling families, and not just … Read More
Fatherhood On Friday: Turns Out, There Is Crying in Baseball
The Republican and Democratic National Conventions for 2016 are now committed to the history books, and now, There Are Two. As as the United States sets about the long overdue business of focusing on the … Read More
Fatherhood On Friday: The Weight of Words in Context, Application and Absence
You may recall the power and insight of MenCare’s State of the World’s Fathers that we followed so closely last year. Building on that momentum, the MenCare Campaign has focused their attention on fatherhood in … Read More