Blog Fatherhood on Friday: What do John Oliver, Jon Stewart, and Jon Hamm have in common?
Fatherhood on Friday: What do John Oliver, Jon Stewart, and Jon Hamm have in common?
This week, we went heavy on the videos, because the teevee spent a lot of time talking about dads. We’ve also made a point of showcasing certain questions that we think are particularly engaging and would benefit from the addition of your clever and insightful banter (or at least a retweet). We’ve set the questions in bold, and we want to hear your thoughts on Twitter.
The Montreal Gazette ran an editorial titled “Dads should be encouraged to take more paternal leave.” Our letter to the editor: Thank you. Hey, do you ever watch Last Week Tonight?
Gabrielle Jackson at the Guardian takes it even further with her piece “Force men to take paternity leave. It will make the world a better place” to which we respond Thank you. Hey, do you ever watch Last Week Tonight?
The Huffington Post featured research from a trio of contributors, Shane Shifflett, Emily Peck, and Alissa Scheller, estimating the proportion of stay-at-home dads per U.S. state. Spoiler alert: Utah isn’t doing very well.
Caroline Bologna at the Huffington Post reported that online retail giant Amazon has removed gender classification when it comes to children’s toys. We can’t help but wonder if this is next.
USA Today’s Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan report that Spotify, the popular music streaming service, has declared dads are likely to turn the dial away from popular music by the age of 33, which had us scratching our respective playlists.
This led us to wonder, what kind of music do you listen to with your kids? Tweet us and share your family favorites.
Sherele Moody of Australia’s Sunshine Coast Daily shares news of “a specific support service for fathers” that need help sorting through the grieving process of losing a child. The article is filled with honest, heartfelt quotes that show just how important the group is to dads and their community.
Apparently, people are still writing headlines with the term “daddy wars” in them. And according to Charlie Gillis at Maclean’s, we are right in the middle of them! Nice mentions of Ricky Shetty and Josh Levs.
Are you a single parent? Do you have any rules or stances on dating? Is it complicated? It sounds complicated. Tweet us all about it.
What do you think, is the #DadBod here to stay? Follow Dad 2.0 on Twitter to talk about it and all of the other news in fatherhood today!