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: Working Without A Net
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: All Inked Up, and Everywhere To Go
He walked into the tattoo studio armed with years of planning and a forearm’s length of fresh real estate. The idea of a quill pen tattoo had persisted in Whit Honea‘s head for at least … Read More
FoF: Keep Calm and Baby-Carry On
There’s this guy who co-hosts a morning chat show in Great Britain who likes to stir things up for attention. We’re not going to give his compulsive provocations any more oxygen by showing his face … Read More
FoF: It’s You We Like
One of the first topics we ever tackled at Dad 2.0 was the depiction of dads on TV, and how art has as much power to influence life as to imitate it. The Emmy organizers … Read More
FoF: Self-Care Makes A Man Stronger
Last week, we wrote about the importance of real-life connection, putting faces to feeds and embracing the thoughts behind the thumb emojis. Knowing a person puts their text in context, and that’s enough clever wordplay … Read More
FoF: How Attending Dad 2.0 Can Improve Your Social (Media) Life
Today’s a big day, because it’s the last day of our annual Call For Speakers and Ideas, a time that combines the pomp of Christmas with the longevity of two Hanukkahs. We’ve gotten some really … Read More
FoF: A Walk to Remember
You’ve heard a lot about the #Dads4Kesem walk across England since plans for the 100-mile trek began back in early 2016. And this week we’re celebrating it one last time, because the journey has finally reached … Read More
FoF: Fork in the Machine
Social media is no longer a sapling. It has been around long enough now that a generation of kids has grown up as native users, and early adopters are deciding whether to be late adapters and … Read More
FoF: That’s You in the Porchlight
A highlight of every Dad 2.0 Summit is the collective readings from our Dad Spotlight Readers (such as Doug Zeigler, pictured above), each taking his shot on the main stage, just a microphone, a well-crafted … Read More