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Exploring Options for Ending Bullying
For this month’s Premium Member Hangout, our members had the opportunity to talk personally with nationally-recognized anti-bullying educator Jamie Utt. In this video, Jamie discusses why many of the...
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Were Things Better Back in the Day? Hah!
Why does it only seem like things were better eons ago? Scott Behson breaks it down. — Everybody seems to think that things were better before, like when they were younger. Every time I hear what...
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I Consider Myself Insanely Lucky
A humble toast: Scott Behson celebrates 10 years of marriage. ___ Dearly Gathered: Ten years ago, I married Amy Griffin. The best decision I ever made. Amy has brought so much joy and dust and clutter...
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Curing the World of Jerks, One Son at a Time
Scott Behson can’t cure the world of all jerks. But he can help his son not become one. —- I’m trying hard to be one of the good guys. I know that the two most important things I’ll ever be are...
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Who Will Win the World Series? Let’s Ask Dad
Today is Game 1 of the World Series. We wanted to know if dads had any predictions, so Carter Gaddis asked them. — Dads know things in the 21st century. They know how to soothe a crying infant in the...
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Happy to Be So Wrong About the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates
Scott Behson predicted another second half swoon for the Pirates. It takes a good man to admit when he’s wrong. Happy to be So Wrong About the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates The thing that bugs me about most...
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Best Moments in Sports, 2013
Liam Day recaps the year’s best moments in sports. Yesterday, we shared with you the worst. Today we’re here to share the best—those moments that made us stand up and cheer, and helped us remember why...
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Hacks With Hall of Fame Votes
The results of this year’s voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame will be announced Wednesday. Scott Behson says it’s a shame that some of the sportswriters with votes take that responsibility so lightly...
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How Drivel Like Hanna Rosin’s “Men Are Obsolete” Harms Both Men and Women
Scott Behson doesn’t see the advancement of women as the degradation of men, and he thinks framing it that way is dangerous. – In many ways 2013 was a banner year for valuing fatherhood and raising...
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Why One Father Supports Sheryl Sandberg’s “Ban Bossy” Campaign and Thinks You...
The #BanBossy movement has sharply divided the opinions of fathers online, but Scott Behson believes that the campaign isn’t really about banning words—it’s about standing up for women — Officially,...
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Carl Crawford Leads Off
The Los Angeles Dodger began the 2014 season on paternity leave, making use of MLB’s forward-thinking policy. Scott Behson sees this as yet another reason to celebrate the beginning of a new baseball...
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Hey Slacker Dad, Parent the Way You Want and Stop Being a Jerk About It
Scott Behson calls out an article defending traditional dads from the peer pressure of “50/50 dads” for unnecessarily insulting “involved” fathers and referring to them as “Wet Wipes” — In a recent...
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Why Mike Francesa, Boomer Esiason, and Craig Carton Are So Very Very Wrong...
AP Photo/Evan Vucci A trio of sports radio pundits made awful comments in reaction to New York Mets’ Daniel Murphy’s recent paternity leave. Their ugly, ignorant remarks are a disgrace and need to be...
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100 Words on Love: She Always Meets Me Halfway
– 100 Words on Love, by Scott Behson – When we started dating, Amy lived in a fifth floor walkup. I knew it was love when, after buzzing me into her building, she always came down the stairs to meet...
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Challenging the Notion That Single Mothers May Be Better Off Without Husbands
Two Fatherhood Advocates React to Slate XX’s “Just Say No: For White Working-Class Women, It Makes Sense to Stay Single Mothers”. – In this post, Jeremy and Scott will discuss the issues raised in a...
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Building Father-Child Memories That Last
Scott Behson spells out how parents can use the behavioral concept of the “availability bias” to help them build happy, lasting memories with their children. — If we want to be remembered as good...
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Leading By Example: How One CEO Dad Showed His Employees His Commitment to...
Scott Behson shares an anecdote from the White House Summit on Working Families that suggests that corporate America is beginning to take work-life balance issues for parents more seriously. — At the...
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The Working Dad’s Survival Guide: The Importance of Being Present
Author Scott Behson shares an excerpt from his new book “The Working Dad’s Survival Guide,” in which he discusses how fathers should wish to be remembered by their children. — The following is an...
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How to Work Like a Dad: Our Interview with the Creator of “The Working Dad’s...
Author Scott Behson talks to GMP about his new book, work-life balance, paternity leave, his advice for career-driven dads, and how the modern workplace can make the lives of working fathers easier. —...
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Describe Love in Exactly 100 Words. A Call for Submissions.
– Can you tell a whole story of love in only 100 words? A story about the one thing that bonds you most with your father. Spelling out the letters one by one: H-E-L-P M-E How you knew she was the...
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