It’s common for parents to say so but, honestly, it doesn’t seem like just yesterday. It’s far more like another lifetime ago.I now have girls zooming around the neighborhood on electric scooters, working diligently with wires and circuit boards as they deconstruct old stereos, and wearing whatever comes just before training bras. The days of diapers, changing pads and mushy peas are a distant, sepia-toned memory buried somewhere on a hard drive.My early days of being a dad and those special first Father’s Days I experienced — a time when pastel-tinted hand prints, slobbery kisses and … [Read more...]
Father Figures Thanked in #ThereToCare Dove Men+Care Campaign
Disclosure: We are proud to partner with Dove Men+Care for its #ThereToCare campaign."Who was #ThereToCare for you?"That's the tagline to this year's annual Father’s Day campaign by Dove Men+Care grooming products, a frequent partner of ours at City Dads Group. The question aims to put the focus not just on fathers but on men who served as father figures to others."Dove Men+Care also wants to acknowledge the other men who have stepped in to care for the next generation. From grandfathers to uncles, to teachers and coaches, there are many men to thank for their roles in shaping us," … [Read more...]
Father’s Day is not Graduation. Also, Vice Versa
The annual meeting had always been the same: stale donuts, terrible coffee, and someone constantly talking about this graph or that. Once, according to company lore, someone accidentally brought bagels, and while everyone was at least one degree away from any concrete confirmation, they all accepted it as gospel, because how wild is that? Bagels, man.It was June, the month of graduations that didn’t happen in May, and everyone was, obviously, giddy. The meeting was the official launch of the latest “Grads and” campaign, held by those that ran it, and included all the hoopla one would … [Read more...]
What It Means to be a Modern Dad on Father’s Day 2017
This Father's Day, forget the hackneyed concepts about golfing and grilling. Some moms and dads we dig told us what being a 21st-century father means. Enjoy.Being a modern dad means always finding time to be goofy with your children and laugh until your stomach hurts. -- Victor Aragon, Chicago Dads Group, FanDadsBeing a modern dad is sharing all the parenting responsibilities equally with your child’s other modern dad. It's also having the confidence to take on tasks traditionally relegated to moms, and the humility to ask for help. -- Brent Almond, Designer DaddyBeing a … [Read more...]
Becoming Dad is a Transformation of Life, Self-Knowledge
Because I’m a dad, I no longer hold others’ babies as far from my body as my arms can possibly reach like I’m offering the gods a living sacrifice.Because I'm a dad, I’m ready for Big Brother and the ubiquitous surveillance that will one day come to our society because I’ve been meticulously watched, noted, and imitated for the past 10 years.Because I’m a dad, I know what Pixar is working on at all times.Because I’m a dad, I’ve expanded my vocabulary to include new, obscure references to expletives or abbreviations for same (most of the time).Because I’m a dad, I know that … [Read more...]