Topic: "Mr Mom" Googlefight
Watch today's Google fight search battle between "Mr Mom" and "At Home Dad" "Mr Mom" has always won this catfight until today.
Updated: Sunday, 20 August 2006 12:21 PM EDT
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Watch today's Google fight search battle between "Mr Mom" and "At Home Dad" "Mr Mom" has always won this catfight until today.
Here's the Video for the The Seattle
At-Home Dads Group that was on
the Today Show this Monday morning. Chris
Nelson of the group was featured. We had a fun night in New
York and didn't get into the Survivor Finale, but we did spot past survivor
winner Ethan who also
ended up interviewing my wife for a CBS promo (in picture). The next
morning we had fun with the Today show where I huddled with other nervous
book authors in the green room for 30 minutes before they smothered us with make up
for our interview with Ann Curry, (it's right after the Seattle playgroup
video). We were
in and out of there in 4 minutes, then flown back to New England just in
time to pump out our flooded
basement in our North Andover, MA home.
My Wife and I do a quickie in NY, but before I get into that, the Seattle At-Home Dads
Group, will be on the
NBC Today Show on Monday (the 15th). Ed C. of Renton, WA reports that his Seattle group
and one of their dads will be profiled . He also noted that they got a nice write-up
in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer last month. As for the quickie, My wife and
I will be interviewed for a few minutes on the
show during the segment, (so don't blink or you miss it). The Seattle segment
will show during the 9 o'clock hour
EST, so who knows what time it will end up in your area, (in the East coast its
either 9 or 10 am depending on your programming). Since I'll be hanging
out in New York Sunday night, does anyone have tickets for the Survivor Finale??
Updated: Wednesday, 17 May 2006 1:11 PM EDT
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At-Home Dads
Convention Comes to an End -
After a ten year reign, Bob Frank's At-Home Dad Convention has come to an
end. It all started 11 years ago with a phone call from Bob pitching the idea
and offering Oakton College as a venue.. Using the mailing list of the
(hardcopy) At-Home Dad Newsletter we sent out a mailing and got over 80 dads
plus to attend the first convention. It was exciting for Bob to pull off
such a stunt. And even though it lost money for the College, the event caught
the attention of the national press and gave hope to the at-home dads across the
country. Bob, Bruce Drobeck, and I had talked of ending it last year at
the ninth convention and we came close to announcing it. We hadn't changed
a diaper in years, and although we still felt we were doing our daddy duties
when the kids come home we were going though very different experiences then
the rookie dads we saw at the conventions. We knew it was time to move
on, but simply it was hard to let go... so we went on another year.. When
Barry Reszel who had done a fabulous job as the program coordinator made his
announcement to step down, it was an easy decision for Bob to make.
Best,
Barry Reszel
I'd like to share the following comments Barry sent out in a e-mail sent out today.
With sadness I write to tell you the 10th Annual At-Home Dads' Convention this past November was the last-at least in the format and at the location we have come to associate with this event.
Though Brian Chalmers stepped forward to volunteer as lead convention coordinator (and for that, I express sincere gratitude), Dr. Bob Frank and Oakton Community College have decided not to host the event going forward. The summary reason is that it's been a great 10-year run, but Bob is looking to do other things and the college is pursuing new programming strategies. We as a community would be remiss if we didn't thank Bob for his time and dedication and Oakton for its facilities, staff, and financial support. I am a richer man and better at-home dad because of my affiliation with the convention; I'm proud to say I have been to all 10.
Over the years, the convention coordinators have adapted formats, changed styles, and worked to, first, forge and nurture the at-home-dads' community and, second, to enlighten those in attendance with information, exercises, discussions, and stories. Sometimes the sessions/presentations were great; sometimes they weren't, but all-in-all, I'd have to say the gatherings achieved their aims.
To those who have called for the convention to be held at alternative places and times or with a different format, perhaps this is the impetus you need to step to this community's forefront and achieve your vision.
In closing, I simply want to reiterate a thought I shared at this year's convention. I believe the legacies we leave will determine how well we have lived. When I gather with a group of at-home dads, I somehow know I am in the midst of men who believe that, too, and live that belief by dedicating themselves to their greatest legacy-their children. For that, we are all heroes in my book.
Tenth At-Home Dads Convention - Here's the program and registration for the Tenth At-Home Dad reunion (or as we like to officially call it, the At-Home Dads' Convention). The Keynote will be Kyle Pruett who got a high approval rating from the dads who saw him last year. We held off on announcing him as he almost couldn't make it. For those who have already gone you will be sent a postcard soon as a reminder. You may want to show up to this one as there's other possible big news on the convention.
Meet Mister Mom NBC Aug.
2 at
Sharon Jayson of USA Today tapped several blogs, at-home dad playgoups members, myself. and the National Center for Fathering several weeks ago looking for the perfect dad in the Maryland area. The search was tough as she was looking for one of the 98,000 dads who fit the definition of an at-home dad. Her frantic week-long search came up with Michael Paranzino of Bethesda who writes his Full Time Father Blog. He got the full USA Today treatment in today's issue with a full day interview profile, a photographer who tagged along for the day resulting in a nice audio gallery show complete with Mike's narration. A sidebar was also added repeating the 98K number and comparing it to a staggering 5.4 million stay-at-home moms stat. She threw in a quote from Yale researcher Kyle Pruett who agreed that kids of at-home dads, feel loved, adored and treasured but says at-home dads will always be a small segment.... .I don't see us having mass societal shifts in that direction.... our society wants men working hard and making lots of money. I agree to a point with Pruett as dads who don't make a penny will probably remain scarce.. However you can't ignore the increasing number dads who make a few bucks on ebay to pay for the diapers.
The new foreplay - Cleaning the kitchen:
At the At-Home Dad message board there's been talk on house cleaning. During the discussion "Cliff" dug up this 2-year-old old research out of UCAL which I couldn't help but to share with all: Dad's that clean house likely to have better behaved children and wives who find them more sexually attractive
2 movies, 2 dads 2 bad - First off this weekend, we got a stay-at-home dad (laid off cartoonist) in Son of the Mask (it's basically Mr Mom meets the Dancin Baby). Then next weekend we got Hollywood's Mr. Macho himself, Vin Diesel taking care of the kids in The Pacifier: Prepare for Bottle. As you click on the official movie link, you see Vin Diesel with his hands full and the Diesel in the background muttering "you gotta be kidding me" Not a good start here. The film is billed as the story of an undercover agent who, after failing to protect an important government scientist, learns the man's family is in danger. In an effort to redeem himself, he agrees to take care of the man's children only to discover that child care is his toughest mission yet. What is fascinating to me, is both movie posters are nearly identical in theme. Both have dad in dead center with a baby (or two) in hand and mom standing on the side. The message is clear, involved dads (or dads trying to be involved) are in high gear and selling in Hollywood. It is encouraging to see the image of dad with their kids featured, but I'll wait for the full reviews to see if we have any improvement over Mr Mom or Daddy Daycare.