Wednesday was a big day. It was the Winter Solstice, the 50-day mark before Dad 2.017, and our second Speaker announcement. And now that the year’s Darkest Day is behind us, it’s beginning to look … Read More
Fatherhood on Friday: Holiday Prep and Practice
In much of North America, winter has finally asserted itself. It’s the most wonderful time of this very challenging year, with holidays a week away and the promise of new calendars we can’t open soon enough. … Read More
FoF: A Respectful Rebuttal to Tina Turner
Given our two big news stories this week, announcing our first round of Speakers and the return of Dove Men+Care as our Title Sponsor for the fifth consecutive year, we’re thinking a lot about the heroes among us. … Read More
FoF: Thanksgiving Edition
In the face of the current news cycle, it may seem particularly challenging to embrace this year’s Season of Thankfulness (especially if you’re bracing yourself for political arguments somewhere between the turkey and pumpkin pie). … Read More
FoF: What the World Series Taught Us
Most of us have been raised to accept baseball as America’s pastime, but this year, in the wake of a country coming together for 10 magical innings, it might mean more than ever. As we’ve … Read More
FoF: Show Us Your “Movember Eve” Costumes!
October is full of surprises, and while that may be especially true in an election year, it’s even more so for baseball fans in Chicago and Cleveland, who’ve waited a collective 176 years for a … Read More
FoF: Stories in the Spotlight
Your words, your tales of fatherhood, laughs and loss, fears and frustrations, moments and milestones. You wrote them down because they mattered. You shared them because you had to. But hitting Publish doesn’t have to … Read More
Jeepers Veepers
October brings a steady flow of holidays—religious, appreciative, controversial—and it’s astounding how fast our calendars fill up with family fun and festivities. One minute the baseball playoffs are starting, the next you’re skimming Butterfingers from your … Read More
Miller Grants open, Speaker box stuffed
We’ve mentioned Oren Miller a lot since his death 19 months ago. We’ve invoked his heart, his stubbornness, and his gift with words (which we were grateful to share before and after his passing). We’ve walked almost … Read More
In Defense of #BigScaryBlackDads
The above photo was taken at Dad 2.016 following our “Parenting and the Modern African-American Man” panel, which covered many topics, viewed through the lens of the reality of life as a black man in America. … Read More