Merry Christmas Everyone! As you contemplate those last minute gifts and donations to charity, we hope you will remember Be There Dad and the children we hope to impact. Among other activities in 2017, Be There Dad will: Support Dads groups in 18 Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Chair the statewide PTA Male Engagement Conference Coordinate a…
November 29 will be celebrated globally as Giving Tuesday. On that day, after Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, people all over the world will join together to help others by donating to good causes.
Every fall my children and I engaged in an annual tradition. Just before Halloween, we carved our jack o’ lantern together. For twenty years it had always been the same. But, it was also much more.
August may be my favorite month. For many young athletes, it is a time of new beginnings. Football and other fall sports renew practice in a big way.
Now I can be part of the conversation, too. I know Nemo. I know about his lucky fin. I know Marlin, Dory, Gill and Crush [Dude!] I know about the adventure. I know about the relationship between the father and the son. I understand how they all fit into our world. Now I can take the next step and go Find Dory without feeling lost. I have “caught up”.
For Father’s Day, I want to share an excerpt from Be There Dad with dads everywhere. Half a dozen first grade girls were engaged in a conversation on the playground during recess one morning. It was a conversation similar to others that have taken place on similar playgrounds many times before. Like the other exchanges,…