Celebrating Dads
This blog is dedicated to celebrating guys who choose to be a Really Cool Dad, while exposing the stereotypes and silliness from those who promote the outdated notion of fatherhood, the Neanderthal Dad. I want to know what you think. Share your thoughts and comments with me.Dad
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- Father’s Day Twitter Chat, #MomsOfBoysChat
- One step forward.
- What’s your family worth?
- 8 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became a Dad.
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- Plays well with others.
- Parenting Wisdom for Lance Armstrong
- No do-over.
- How can you be so poor with so much money?
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Author Archives: Stephen Abbott
Oh boy! New LEGO.
Well, there certainly is a lot of fuss over LEGO for girls. I’ll start with a full disclosure. I am a LEGO fan. I still build with it, and get excited when I get it for a gift. I take … Continue reading
Hugs.
Mere weeks after public outcry over a gay teen’s suicide and months of ‘It Get’s Better’ campaigns, the last thing I expected to read was Christie Blatchford’s article in Canada’s National Post newspaper, where she writes that Toronto is full … Continue reading
Posted in Current News, That's Not Right
Tagged boys, bullies, culture, Gay, hugs, neanderthal myth, teasing, violence
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Swear Words: The Next Generation
I knew my share of swear words when I was young. The big ones; the ones that might get your mouth washed out with soap. I’m sure I learned them from friends with older brothers, and I knew not to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, That's Not Right, Thinking Differently, Values
Tagged culture, Families, language, lazy parent, school, swearing, TV
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We’re talking Mo’vember
I decided this year to participate in Mo’vember, that growing movement that is building awareness around prostate cancer. Symbolically only, though; I haven’t been collecting pledges. Between sports fundraising and school fundraising, my friends and family are a little tapped out. … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Cool dad in action, Inspirations, Marketing
Tagged Advertising, cancer, cause, health, inspiration, marketing, moustache, Movember, prostate
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Adventures of a Really Cool Dad 