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
Save 20% during 20-20-20 Week!
With a name like Dad 2.0, in a year like 2020, on a day like January 20, we can’t help but see an opportunity. Now that our tickets are nearing a sellout, and we’re about … Read More
Episode 17: Lying Naked On A Bed of LEGOs
If you’re ever in the mood for a languid, discursive discussion about The State of Things, find some time for a chat with our guest Charlie Capen, whose versatility has made him the one person … Read More
Prince Harry Says “Yeah No,” and You’d Do the Same Thing
This week, one of the world’s most over-observed people decided to deflect some of that observation away from his young family. The media likes to call it Megxit, because that’s the easy soundbite that rolls … Read More
Episode 16: Can My Body Actually Get In That Position?
Remember when people thought diapering was the apotheosis of hands-on fatherhood? If your kids are teenagers, as ours are, you know that’s ridiculous. We’re in the arena now, talking about drugs and bullying and college … Read More
Boys, Sex, and Those Four Magic Words
If we’re in the business of raising better men, we have to include the business of raising better sex partners. And we can’t do that if so much of what our boys are learning is … Read More
Episode 15: Fandom Has Its Limits
OK, enough of this tomfoolery. It’s 2020, and after a lively discussion about New Year’s, ninjas, and the narrow timeframe when bananas are edible, it’s time to talk about what we’re going to talk about … 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
The Comfort of Discomfort
Each year, our conference program opens with a brief letter about a theme that inspires much of the programming. In 2019, that theme was “The Comfort of Discomfort,” in order to recognize the modern stresses … Read More
Episode 14: A Tenuous Hold On Your Circadian Rhythms
Emerging from the timeless, shapeless, (often) pantsless year-end void, it’s our last podcast of 2019! Amid all of the amazing revelations in the 2010s, millions of #dadlife Instagram posts made fatherhood became more visible in … Read More