Archive for 'dad groups'
Can’t-Miss, Last-Minute Father’s Day Gift Idea
Posted on17. Jun, 2010 by Brian Reid.
What to get for the dad who has everything? How ’bout a round-trip ticket to Omaha for the 15th Annual At-Home Dad Convention.
Registration for the conference — which will be held October 2 — just opened. Fifty bucks gets you in until Aug. 15, when the price goes up $15. Specific details on the program, [...]
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Blogging Dads to Gather in the ATL in September
Posted on26. Apr, 2010 by Brian Reid.
Last week brought to my attention the news that the Modern Media Man (M3) Summit is a go for Sept. 9 to 11 in Atlanta. According to the conference’s website, the effort is designed to fill a void in the conference universe:
There are dozens of renowned conferences held annually throughout the world for bloggers, [...]
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Urban Baby Doesn’t Get It, Either
Posted on13. Apr, 2010 by Brian Reid.
Thanks to DadWagon, I went back and looked at an extensive Q-and-A the New York Times Cityroom Blog did with Erin Sheehan, community editor of major parenting site/forum urbanbaby.com, back in February. Here is the part that caught my eye:
Q: Where are all the stay-at-home dads in this city? How come we don’t have [...]
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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 information [...]
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NPR’s Half-Hearted Look at Re-Entering the Workforce
Posted on25. Mar, 2010 by Brian Reid.
Yesterday, NPR took a look at at-home dads, and they started the in the usual, easy, formulaic way: at an at-home dad playgroup (in this case, one of the ones in my old stomping ground). And then the piece pivots to talk about a big and important issue: how dads get back into the workforce [...]
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At-Home Dad Playgroup Map Update
Posted on04. Mar, 2009 by Brian Reid.
Many of you have written to let me know that the playgroup/dad’s group map gobbled up your listing in the last couple of months, and I am happy to report that things appear to be working fine now. Unfortunately, due to incompentence on my part or legitimate technological gremlins, I can’t seem to add new [...]
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More Requests: Long Island and Evansville, Indiana
Posted on01. Mar, 2009 by Brian Reid.
Though I can’t claim to be happy about it, the parenting story of the year is the growing group of parents who are at-home for economic reasons. The latest request to come over the transom comes from the nice folks at WLNYTV10/55 News on Long Island. So if you’re a new at-home dad because of [...]