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guys who choose to be a Really Cool Dad, while exposing the stereotypes and silliness from those who promote the outdated notion of fatherhood, the Neanderthal Dad.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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- What’s next? Career advice from off the career path.
- I’ve been busy.
- Unsolicited Advice
- Wake Up Call for Aspiring Athletes
- Simple notes to my younger self.
- No Lifeguard on Duty
- 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.
- A moment or more of silence.
- 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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Boys and Girls
I was really dismayed and frustrated to read the transcript of this week’s #DadChat, a weekly Twitter chat about being a dad. I’ve followed the chat for a while, yet almost never take part, but it’s one of the hash … Continue reading
Posted in That's Not Right, Thinking Differently
Tagged boys, cliche, culture, friends, girls, marriage, neanderthal myth, play, relationships, teasing, trust
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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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Let’s start here.
On October 14th of this year, I made a presentation at Interesting Vancouver ’11. I was told I could speak about anything that I was passionate about, but it couldn’t be about my profession. For me, that naturally went to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Diary, Inspirations
Tagged career, culture, Dad, inspiration, neanderthal myth, Vancouver
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Adventures of a Really Cool Dad 