Bobby Barzi is a businessman with a purpose: create a better world for our children by investing in communities and efforts that inspire positive change. It starts with promoting the importance of being an active and engaged father, the initial basis for the creation of his successful clothing company, Fodada. Barzi discusses these ideas as well as other programs he and his company have backed in the season finale of the Modern Dads Podcast. Barzi started the clothing line in 2012 as a socially aware business. It focused initially on celebrating, promoting and supporting the idea … [Read more...]
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Toronto Dads Open First International Chapter of City Dads Group
City Dads Group has gone international, opening its first chapter beyond the U.S. borders in Toronto, Canada. Toronto Dads Group is being led by Amar Lohana, a stay-at-home dad to two young children and a filmmaker. His involvement in starting the group is a story many City Dads members know very well. "I left my Wall Street career in New York to move to Toronto and be a stay-at-home father. It was a big change and I didn't know anyone in Toronto. I was alone with the kids in a new city," he said. "While I found moms to groups to be tolerant of my presence, I didn't seem to be able … [Read more...]
ADHD, Dyslexia Helped Jonathan Oliver be a Better Dad, Man
When life throws you curve balls ... well, you learn to smack 'em out of the park. That seems to be a key to success for Jonathan Oliver has found in his journey from college where, after graduating high school with honors, he learned he had dyslexia to his current status as a personal development coach, motivational speaker, author and at-home dad. Oliver, also known as "J.O.," joins this latest edition of The Modern Dads Podcast to talk about marriage, at-home fatherhood, and his new book, To the Little Boy in Me: Learning with Dyslexia & ADHD. In the conversation, he discusses the … [Read more...]
Watch: Raising Future Leaders with Ziauddin Yousafzai of Malala Fund
The role dads can play in raising future leaders and social cause advocates will be the focus of a talk Wednesday, featuring the father of human rights activist Malala Yousafzai. “Let Them Fly: Raising Empowered Leaders, Advocates, and Citizens” will be hosted by City Dads Group co-founder Matt Schneider in New York City at 7 p.m., June 12. A live stream will be available on YouTube starting at 7:30PM. Ziauddin Yousafzai, co-founder and board member of Malala Fund, will be one of the featured speakers. His efforts to resist Taliban efforts to limit freedoms in Pakistan inspired his … [Read more...]
Paternity Leave Campaign Aims to Create Advocates Online
With Father's Day nearing, Dove Men+Care wants to cultivate advocates for paid paternity leave through a newly created forum on social media. The grooming products company, a longtime outreach partner with City Dads Group, has launched Advocates for Paternity Leave, a closed Facebook group. In this digital space, DM+C hopes expectant dads, families and other individual and business allies will find inspiration to help change federal laws regarding paid family leave, engage with other like-minded activists, and learn how to advocate for the cause, according to company spokespeople. As … [Read more...]
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