Author Archives: Dana

Attention: Dads Who Home School Their Kids

For those of you dads out there who are home schooling your kids, the below note from a woman, named Ponnie Cousins, might be of interest to you: I am currently working on an ebook to encourage and help single parents home school. I have been gathering stories and sadly to say they are allContinue Reading

A Dad’s Tale

One of the great rewards of making this project is to have so many fantastic people reaching out to us with their thoughts, their stories and their their determination to improve their families and the world. Below is pasted a note we recently received from a dad named Rich. We found it to be inspirational.Continue Reading

The Daughter Who Wanted To Be A Dad

We’re always on the lookout for people to help with the project who are incredibly passionate about fatherhood. Meriel Shire is one such person. She grew up under the care of a divorced father and their bond is something very, very special. “When I was a little girl and I learned that I couldn’t beContinue Reading

The #1 Reason Why Dads Get Involved

I’ve mentioned Jessica DeGroot from The Third Path Institute in these annals before and here I am doing so once again. Jessica is someone who truly understands the larger issues of what is happening regarding balancing family and work and I am ever so grateful for her contributions to the project. The reason I’m waxingContinue Reading

Hang in there, Pat!

I just learned that one of the project’s contributors and a really great guy, Pat Gagnon, barely survived a horrible blaze that struck his apartment in Hoboken last week. Pat managed to get out of his three story apartment building but, sadly, his roommate was not so fortunate. Pat is currently resting in VT withContinue Reading

Why Generation ‘Me’ is Going To Work For Us

There’s been a lot of writing lately regarding the new generation that’s crept into their Twenties and are now seeking their own slice of the American Pie. Words like ‘narcissistic’ and ‘most self centered’ are used fairly liberally towards this new crop of kids. What I also keep hearing is that this generation was broughtContinue Reading

Househusband Macho!

Mike Nobel, a songwriter from Maine recently sent me what he calls a ‘Stay-at-home Dad anthem’ and I think he might be onto something. Check out Househusband Macho! Besides being hilarious, what I really like about the song is that the husband is going to ‘get lucky’ that night. Works well with my research findingsContinue Reading

WANTED: Working Dads Seeking More Family/Work Balance

As you may have read from a previous post on Daddy Wars, I believe the sparks of battle are beginning between working dads who want more family/work balance and management. As such, I’m putting on my war correspondent cap and am seeking any working dads who fit this. If you are such a dad orContinue Reading

Opening Up The Daddy Dam

My hope has always been not just to make a movie about dads but to spearhead a movement of fathers (and moms, too) finding creative ways to better balance work and family. From going out onto the streets and interviewing people it’s so evident how many suffer because of the poor relations they have withContinue Reading