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Odds and Ends (and Twitter)

Posted on 16. Apr, 2010 by Brian Reid in daddy wars, odds and ends, work-like balance

This has been a most interesting week in dadland, but there are some smaller items that slipped through the cracks. Some of these were posted on Twitter***, so if you think they look familiar, they are.

So — if you need a break from playoff hockey — here are some nuggets:

• Via Nick Senzee: This item is nearly 6 months later, but I totally missed Joy Behar and George Lopez calling Todd Palin a “bum” for being an at-home dad. Political commentary aside, that’s a pretty low blow. And a partisan one. Because I don’t see anyone calling Daniel Mulhern a bum, even though his wife might end up becoming way, way more powerful than Sarah Palin.
• Last week, the Wall Street Journal looked at how tough it is for at-home dads to re-enter the workforce. Further evidence that the Daddy Wars may be heating up.
• I have a hard enough time keeping up with the images of dads on TV, let alone how they are being portrayed in literature. Fortunately, there is BookDads.com.
• This anecdote made me more optimistic about the future of work-life balance than anything I saw from the White House forum on flexibility. When big German banks see the wisdom of flexibility, the future is obviously bright.

*** I’m slowly ramping back up on Twitter, but I have to admit that I’m not keeping up with the people I probably should be watching. Please let me know — here or via @rebeldad — insightful dads I should start following, and I’ll start adding folks.