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Starbucks And Their Gamechanging Free College Education Plan
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Starbucks And Their Gamechanging Free College Education Plan

In a groundbreaking new partnership with Arizona State University, Starbucks will soon begin to offer every single employee working at least 20 hours a week a free online college education. The Starbucks free college education benefit is available the moment an employee is hired and is designed to help their […]

Terrible Gendered Advertising: “Yeah, I’ve Got One Like That Too”
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Terrible Gendered Advertising: “Yeah, I’ve Got One Like That Too”

Men would be chastised if we ever produced a line as divisive as “Yeah, I’ve Got One Like That Too” while discussing our better half, but when it comes to portraying a male in a television commercial, all bets are off. In this Discover Card It Card “Missed Payment / […]

The Recipe For A Perfect Father’s Day Is Being Together…with a Cuban Sandwich and a World Cup Match
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The Recipe For A Perfect Father’s Day Is Being Together…with a Cuban Sandwich and a World Cup Match

My new blog post for Together Counts went live today, coincidentally on the day World Cup 2014 kicks off. In this article, I describe my ideal Father’s Day afternoon and serve up 3 simple ideas for you and your gang to spend quality time together while making papa feel loved. […]

Fatherhood and Paternity Leave at The White House Summit on Working Families
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Fatherhood and Paternity Leave at The White House Summit on Working Families

It’s simple, really. When you don’t buy into the fear that by providing a man with a substantial portion of paid time off to be with his new child and significant other, industries will crumble, businesses will be crippled, and productivity stunted like a young boy smoking 3 packs a day, […]

Sears is #DestinationDad this Father’s Day
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Sears is #DestinationDad this Father’s Day

I don’t have a gift yet. In fact, I was just reminded on Friday, by my mom, that Father’s Day was this coming Sunday. I’m not the brightest bulb. Thankfully, Sears is literally right around the corner from where I sit as I type this right now, and the retail […]

The Co-Authored Book Project on Camp PBS Parents
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The Co-Authored Book Project on Camp PBS Parents

I’m very happy to formally announce here that I’ll be a camp counselor of sorts over at Camp PBS Parents this summer. Every month, I’ll provide a new, fun, and educational way to engage with your child this summer. First up in the Adventures in Learning series is the co-authored […]

The Powerful #PowerofDad
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The Powerful #PowerofDad

A man, upon becoming a dad, should, if he possess a glimmer of inherent paternal wisdom and/or any capacity for human emotion at all, will soon, if not immediately, embrace everything about fatherhood, parenthood and childhood; every giggle, smile, tear, water gun soaking, muddy-kneed pair of sweatpants, oft-missing sparkly headband, […]

The #WorldsToughestJob Has No Script
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The #WorldsToughestJob Has No Script

It was the kind of day from which postcards are born: blue skies, cool temps, big smiles, open minds, and kind hearts. We’d arrived at Pont du Gard in southern France with our eager 2 1/2-year-old daughter; eager to get out of her car seat, eager to run free, eager […]

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