#Parenting from Josh’s Point-of-View at #DadChat Thursday

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This Thursday, July 16 at 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. ET, #DadChat will return again with special guest, author Joshua Braff. He’s got a new book out (more on it below), “The Daddy Diaries,” as well as others he’s written. We will get his perspective on parenting and we’ll have an open dialogue on whatever is on your mind!

This week’s #DadChat Transcript and Stats

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My Parenting Mistakes

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Most parent bloggers and speakers come across – with intention – as experts. I’ve always claimed to be a layman dad blogger. I write from the view that I am doing my best but I make mistakes along the way. Recently, I feel those mistakes have come back to bite me in the a**. I want to share them so others may learn and, perhaps, not make the same mistake. Often, in 20-20 hindsight, it’s easy to see the mistake, but in-the-moment we usually try to make the best decision.

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Race and Parenting with Ylonda Gault – New Book “Child Please” at #DadChat

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This week’s #DadChat Transcript and Stats

Does race play any role in parenting? Author Ylonda Gault brings some refreshing, candid, and honest answers to this question and the general role of parenting to #DadChat on July 9 at 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. ET. Cherylyn Harley LeBon will also be joining us with her wisdom on just about EVERYTHING! Win a copy of Ylonda’s new book – maybe we’ll give away two or three? Her new book, “Child Please” has received such advance praise as this:

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The Case for NOT Having Children

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Every parent goes through ups and downs in the parenting journey. Up until recently, I felt every bump in the road was worth hitting the proverbial ceiling from those bumps and that the journey was well worth the costs; emotional and financial. Right now, for the first time in my life, I’m beginning to understand the Millennials that I meet who say they don’t want children. I also fully understand my oldest friend, who declared ever since he was a young adult that he didn’t want to have children.

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Dad Packs #Humor #Moving

Dad Moves Boxes - BISS188This is our 188th “Because I Said So” comic strip – brilliantly illustrated by VoogDesigns (Michael Voogd). For a variety of reasons, this may be one of our last ones. I’m in the process of re-inventing my life and running this website and writing about being a dad may be soon a thing of my past. Stay tooned for what’s next!

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