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Worst Commercial of the Year Candidate: AT&T
Posted on12. Apr, 2010 by Brian Reid.
I can’t do much better than Playground Dad at expressing my absolute, jaw-dropping wonder at AT&T’s latest incarnation of the bumbling dad. What’s remarkable about the commercial is not only the general fact that it plays up a tired and outdated stereotype, but that it goes out of its way to show that this is [...]
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Welcome, Daddyshome
Posted on12. Apr, 2010 by Brian Reid.
Nothing makes me happier than to announce the slick web presence of the most important dad group you (probably) haven’t heard of: Daddyshome Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to supporting fathers who serve as primary caretakers for their children. Their website, daddyshome.org, just launched today, and they’re busy building in a number of resources, from [...]
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Desperate Househusbands Hit Prime Time
Posted on07. Apr, 2010 by Brian Reid.
Once upon a time, I used to be able to watch enough TV that nothing in the dad-o-sphere slipped by me. The kiddies were tucked in their beds way before prime time kicked in. Nowadays, not so much, so I missed the latest at-home dad to jump into the boob tube: Parenthood’s “Joel Graham“. (I [...]