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What My Dad Did Right – “I Had to Become a Dad to Appreciate My Own”

Rodney Fernandez is the Editor in Chief of the10k.com. He lives in Michigan with his two daughters.

It’s so easy to tell a story about what your dad did wrong in raising you, but what about what he did right? Right or wrong, I believe that we are all products of our environment. True… Read More

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Kids, Be Kind to Your Parents

Last night, during Back to School Night, we met our child’s fourth grade teacher and spent some time learning more about the upcoming year. (As an aside, there was a great representation of dads there.)

The teacher had the great idea of recording all of the moms and dads singing a song for the kids to listen to… Read More

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What My Dad Did Right – My “Real Father”

This post comes from Daylon Deon.  Daylon is a Microsoft Xbox MVP and host/Velvet Voice behind the Unscripted 360 podcast.  Follow him on Twitter @deaconblade

When I was asked to write about something my father instilled in me, I have to admit it was the easiest question I’ve ever been asked.  Although I… Read More

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The Pass-Back Effect

Tom Edwards is the VP, Digital Strategy & Emerging Technology for Red Urban. He lives in Dallas, TX with his wife & three kids. He blogs at: http://theblackfin.com and you can follow him on Twitter @theblackfin

If you are one of the 50+ million Americans with a smartphone and you happen to have small… Read More

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What My Dad Did Right – Consistency

Eric is a daddy blogger and runs the website: Better Husband and Fathers. You can also follow him on Twitter @BetterHusbands

As I was thinking about which “right thing” to write about – I had a epiphany.  The best thing about my dad is that he has consistently done so many things right AND he… Read More

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Tips for Current and Expectant Dads

What did your Dad do right? WMDDR is a new feature where people chime in on positive effects that their Dads have had in their lives.

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What My Dad Did Right – What Not To Do

Josh is the Co-Editor of iFanboy.com. You can follow him on twitter @jaflanagan

It’s not an easy question to answer ‘what my dad did right,’ because the true answer is: nothing.  I know who my father is, and he knows who I am, but that’s about the end of the story.  Because of whatever reasons… Read More

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What My Dad Did Right – Support of Athletics

Ryan M. Gray was born and raised in San Mateo, CA and currently resides in San Francisco,CA.  He attended the College of San Mateo out of Aragon High School before transferring to the University of Hawaii on a football scholarship.  Aside from his day job as a commercial real estate mortgage banker, he is theRead More

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What My Dad Did Right – Never-ending Support of Ever-changing Dreams

This post comes from Robert Bowling. Robert is the Creative Strategist at Infinity Ward, developer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and has a 1 yr old daughter. You can follow him on Twitter @fourzerotwo.

Attempting to chronicle ‘What My Dad Did Right’, wound up being a much more enjoyable and lengthy… Read More

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Meet the Creative Director of Pandora

Dan Lythcott-Haims discusses Pandora and the importance of rigid scheduling

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