Keeping your kids away from social media these days is pretty much impossible unless you lock them in a closet. In an Amish community. Somewhere in Antarctica. If your children are going to be connected, you should want them do so in a positive, creative and self-expressive environment, free from bullying and other negativity. That's what Catherine Connors, co-founder of the recently released Maverick app, is banking on. She tells us all about the app and her philosophy on the latest Modern Dads Podcast. Maverick is an online community aimed at tween and teen girls. In addition to … [Read more...]
Bread-Winning Wife Isn’t Killing At-Home Husband. Not On Purpose
O my beautiful and amazingly accomplished, bread-winning wife, I love you and, if there’s one thing I know with any degree of certainty, it’s that you love me, too. We vowed to spend the rest of our lives together and nothing would bring me more joy than to spend eternity by your side. So. WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?? All those times you said it? I thought you were joking! Maybe you see our relationship as a short-term investment. Like Diddy said, It’s all about the Benjamins, baby. And baby, you make a shitload more Benjamins than me. And that’s the problem. You see, guys … [Read more...]
Why You Should Buy a Discounted Ticket to Dad 2.0 Summit Now
The annual Dad 2.0 Summit -- a national conference slated for Feb. 21-23, 2019, in San Antonio, Texas, where marketers, social media leaders and dads discuss modern fatherhood -- is offering discounted tickets through the end of June. Fifty dollars of each ticket purchased through our organization will be refunded to City Dads Group to help us continue to provide social and support opportunities to fathers around the country. NYC Dads Group co-organizer James Lopez attended his first Dad 2.0 this past February, and he explains why this conference might be for you. ++ Purchase your discounted … [Read more...]
Join Our Fathers Eve NYC Celebration for Flag Football, Food, Fun
Don't settle for just a necktie this Father's Day, NYC Dads Group members and all fathers throughout the boroughs. Instead, come join us the night before your big holiday to play, drink and dine as we raise a glass to celebrate Fathers Eve. The 2018 Fathers Eve NYC party starts at 4:30 p.m., Saturday, June 16, with a flag football game at the Morningside Park softball fields in Manhattan. Two hours later, the fun moves to The Harlem Tavern for food and an 8 p.m. raising of the glass to toast fathers around the world. "This is a brilliant way to get dads from all walks of life in NYC … [Read more...]
Paternity Leave Struggle in U.S. to be Focus of June 6 Carnegie Hall Panel
Paid family leave, especially for fathers, is an issue close to our hearts at NYC Dads Group. That's why we are proud to announce that, as the flagship chapter of the City Dads Group network, we have joined forces with New York Paid Leave Coalition and our longtime sponsor Dove Men+Care to put together a June 6 panel discussion on the importance of businesses offering paid paternity leave options to their employees. The discussion, slated for 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the Weill Music Room at Carnegie Hall, 154 W. 57th St., is part of a larger effort between City Dads Group and Dove Men+Care to … [Read more...]
Alex’s Lemonade Stand, NYC Dads to Fight Pediatric Cancer June 5
NYC Dads Group sweetens the fight against pediatric cancer next month by joining City Dads Group chapters across the country to raise money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF). Local dads will set up a stand at 3 p.m., June 5, at Ruppert Tower Street Corner, at 1601 Third Ave., in Manhattan., to sell lemonade for $1 a cup. All proceeds go to ALSF, a national nonprofit that works to fund research into better treatments and cures for childhood cancer. NYC Dads Group previously raised funds through an Alex's Lemonade Stand in 2016, but this year's model should be even tastier, … [Read more...]
‘Be a Happier Parent’ Author on Four Key to Finding More Joy
You love having children and being a parent. But are you happy? Could you be happier? That question was one of the most common asked by moms and dads interviewed over the years by KJ Dell’Antonia, the former lead editor of the New York Times' Motherlode blog. So, naturally, the parenting writing decided to write a book on the subject, which she discusses on the latest edition of The Modern Dads Podcast. How to be a Happier Parent: Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute offers moms and dads an encouraging guide to try to find more joy in their day-to-day family … [Read more...]
Sometimes a Beautiful Day in ‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood’ is Just That
I’m not really sure what I was expecting. When our daughter became old enough to watch TV – or should I say, when we threw up our hands and said “To hell with it. Watch this. We’ve got stuff to do.” – Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood was a welcome gateway to the small screen. I probably don’t need to tell you, a fellow parent, about Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood positive life lessons, the nostalgic link it has for our generation back to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, or the fact that Teacher Harriet sounds like she smokes a daily pack of unfiltered Marlboro Reds. So when I saw that Daniel Tiger … [Read more...]
Parental “Escape to Margaritaville” a Tropical Broadway Musical Treat
Editor’s note: Cultural opportunities are endless in New York City. We recently collaborated with “Escape To Margaritaville: The Musical" to take several NYC Dads Group members and their significant others out for a special, pre-Mother's Day date night. Member Corbin Younger reviews this feel-good musical. Broadway is a great escape from the daily grind into a world of fantasy, music and excitement. The Jimmy Buffett-inspired Escape to Margaritaville show allowed 20 members of the NYC Dads Group and their other halves to do just that on a rare Hump Day night without the kids. Afforded … [Read more...]
Dads Shouldn’t Threaten Daughters’ Dates with Guns, Stereotypes
Former NFL kicker Jay Feely recently caused a social media firestorm by posting a "joke" photo of him holding a pistol while standing between his daughter and her prom date. Is this where we still are in 2018: dads who threaten their daughters' dates by waving firearms, especially given the ongoing debate over gun control in the wake of mass shootings at our schools? On this latest edition of the Modern Dads Podcast, three fathers with daughters read essays they have written bashing the well-worn trope of the father banishing a shotgun on the front porch. Jason Greene, a NYC Dads … [Read more...]
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