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Is There an Old Normal to Go Back to After this New One?

October 7, 2020 by Andrew Knott Leave a Comment

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I sit in front of my laptop at my kitchen table most weekdays now, writing radio advertisements while my 6-year-old sits beside me on another laptop learning math in Spanish. Like many things in 2020, that sentence would’ve made very little sense to me a year ago. Yet here we are. My son sits in his chair, knees pulled up to his chest, watching the screen. His teacher talks about prisma rectangulares and triangulos. I don’t understand much more than the names of shapes, numbers and colors, and I don’t think my son really does either. But it’s the beginning of his second year in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: at-home parenting, work-life balance Tagged With: COVID19, fears, safety

Meditation Helps Parents, Children Maintain Relaxed State of Mind, Body

September 21, 2020 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

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EDITOR’S NOTE: City Dads Group is working with longtime partner Dove Men+Care to create “how to” videos for the grooming products company’s “Dads Care” campaign. We will be featuring the videos and scripts our members appear in. This one features Devon Bandison of our NYC Dads Group, with a little help from his son, talking about how to teach kids to meditate. My son and I have been meditating for about two years. We started doing about five minutes every day or every other day and then we've moved up to 15 minutes each morning. We find meditation is a great way to start our day. It helps … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parenting advice, work-life balance Tagged With: Dove Men+Care, tips, video

Unemployed Parents Should Use These Tips Before Talking to Their Kids

August 10, 2020 by Brandon Billinger Leave a Comment

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EDITOR'S NOTE: City Dads Group is working with longtime partner Dove Men+Care to create “how to” videos for the grooming products company’s “Dads Care” campaign. We will be featuring the videos and scripts our members appear in. This one features Brandon Billinger and his son, William, discussing what to do when a parent is unemployed. I have been laid-off twice, and it was a blow to my self-esteem. I felt like a failure to me, to my wife, and to my kids. It was one of the low points of my life.  I knew that for my kids it would be difficult to understand the gravity of what just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parenting advice, work-life balance Tagged With: Dove Men+Care, tips, video, work

Keep Kids Occupied While You Work From Home with These Tips

July 13, 2020 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

work-at-home dad

EDITOR'S NOTE: City Dads Group is working with longtime partner Dove Men+Care to create “how to” videos for the grooming products company’s “Dads Care” campaign. We will be featuring the videos and scripts our members appear in. This one features Marlon Gutierrez of our Orlando Dads Group, with a little help from his daughter, Isabella, in photo above, talking about how to keep kids occupied while you are working from home. I’m not an expert, but both my wife and I have been working remote for the last five years: three-and-half of those years where we had this little munchkin around with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: at-home parenting, work-life balance Tagged With: Dove Men+Care, Marlon Gutierrez, tips, work-at-home parents

Movember Conversations Aims to Help You Talk to Others in Need

July 6, 2020 by Kevin McKeever Leave a Comment

movember conservations ad

A leading global men's health advocacy organization has launched an interactive online tool to give people the confidence to have difficult discussions with friends, family members and colleagues who may be struggling with a critical life issue. Movember Conversations offers practical guidance on talking to those hurting because of job loss, social isolation and family pressure. Using multiple choice questions, the program guides the user through typical scenarios, teaching conversational prompts and responses that help to open a conversation and keep it flowing meaningfully. It uses … [Read more...]

Filed Under: health, outreach, work-life balance Tagged With: mental health, movember, work

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