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Why Women (nope) Men (nope) NO ONE Can “Have It All”
It is not surprising to me that “women still can’t have it all” and “men can’t have it all either.” The simple fact is Women Men No One Can Have It All Over the past generation or so, we’ve seen a...
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Recent Pew Survey Shows Progress and Challenges for Dads’ Work-Family Balance
Recent surveys show that more dads are stepping up at home, while maintaining their commitments to their careers. In many ways, this marks progress, but also presents challenges to involved working...
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NCAA Tournament Coaches- Michigan’s John Beilein (Final Four!) and Belmont’s...
Coaches Beilein and Byrd took different paths to the NCAA tournament, involving different work-life trade-offs. What we could learn from their stories. I’m not a big college sports fan, but I enjoy...
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Taking A Break From Parenting Benefits Everyone (or, In Praise of “Me” Time...
X-2 hours a week of effective, involved parenting > X hours of distracted or stressed-out parenting If we never get away, they’ll never get the chance to miss us. If we never put ourselves first,...
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The Challenges and Opportunities of Fathers, Work and Family, All in One...
Fathers are more involved than ever. Fathers continue to face intense work pressures, inflexible workplace expectations- and are now feeling increased work-family imbalance and stress. A fantastic...
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Sharing Experiences: Escaping the Middle-Class Parenting Trap
What one stay-at-home-dad (SAHD) and his family are doing to create a better long-term work-family balance, with all the trade-offs and sacrifices this entails. A few months ago, Oren Miller wrote the...
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Regular Exercise Can Help Us Be Better Dads
Part 1 of a Series on Stephen Covey, Personal Renewal and Fatherhood Many busy dads can’t find the time to exercise. But we need to make the time to take care of our bodies, so we can be better, more...
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On Preventing Work (and Blogging) from Stealing Family Time
(or, keeping my son from calling me “blah blah blah boring business work man”) We need to prioritize family time and shield it from the creeping demands of work. How I resolve to do better in Year Two...
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Hey Dads! This Christmas, Give the Gift of You
Our kids may want things, but they NEED time with their fathers more. This Christmas, instead of stuff, we should give our kids the opportunities to do more fun things with us. Here are a few ideas...
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7 Things I Learned from Reading “Overwhelmed” by Brigid Schulte
“Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time” by Brigid Schulte is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. It examines why so many of us feel so stressed and time-pressured and,...
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