Best-selling author and OG dad blogger Mike Adamick tells The Modern Dads Podcast he thinks fathers changing the conversation about boys and parenting is a good start to raising girls to be strong and independent. Raising Empowered Daughters: A Dad-to-Dad Guide, to be released in June 2019, is "a fists-up handbook for helping dads dismantle the patriarchy," Adamick's website. On the show, he and host Whit Honea talk about Adamick's efforts to meet dads where they are to discuss equality, representation and feminism. One way, he says, is to start by changing the way we talk about boys and … [Read more...]
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Mike Dorsey Working on New Narrative for Black Fathers
Mike Dorsey is on a mission. He wants to change the tired narrative in our country about black fathers, such as them being absentee dads or not engaged when they are around. Dorsey, known as "Mike D" by many, has taken a multi-prong approach to redefining and uplifting the image of African American dads. He is an author, business entrepreneur, community organizer, speaker and podcaster. Dorsey discusses his motivation to create a community for active and engaged black fathers and the impact of his work within and outside that community on the latest episode of the Modern Dads … [Read more...]
Brett Grayson Laughs about ‘What Could Go Wrong’ While Parenting
Brett Grayson refers to himself a successful trial attorney who also writes books. But don't confuse him with John Grisham. In fact, as he notes on his website, he is "John Grisham Without the Success." Grayson earlier this year released his first book, What Could Go Wrong?: My Mostly Comedic Journey through Marriage, Parenting and Depression. In this autobiographical tome, the New Jersey resident writes about the trials (pun intended) he and his wife go through trying to conceive and later during her pregnancy, her dealings with postpartum depression, the inevitable comedy in raising a … [Read more...]
Mental Fitness for Fathers Positively Necessary, Says Clothing Company
Mental health, especially among men, is a topic often spoken of in hushed tones ... if spoken about at all. City Dads Group has long advocated the importance of male mental health, asking the subject be brought into the forefront whenever the health and parenting is discussed. We're happy to learn our friends at Fodada, the dad-oriented clothing company, believe the same with its new Mental Fitness campaign. "We want to shift the dialogue around mental health to focus on its positive impact. We want to refocus the dialogue to mental fitness. A positive approach," the company's website … [Read more...]
Paid Paternity Leave Pledge, Grants Offered by Dove Men+Care
Disclosure: City Dads Group received compensation from Dove Men+Care. Paid parental leave is a major cause for City Dads Group, in particular, paid paternity leave for new fathers. Despite some progress in recent years, many men still face ridicule and diminished career prospects whenever they chose family over work even for something as momentous as the birth and upbringing of a baby. Our longtime partner Dove Men+Care aims to push the conversation forward with a new campaign asking for individuals and businesses to take a Paternity Leave Pledge to encourage the creation and use of … [Read more...]
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