It's official, my new book due to hit stores in may, 2010 is now called The Modern Dads Dilemma: How To Stay Connected with Your Kids in a Rapidly Changing World (New World Library)
It's no longer called the Modern Dads Handbook...not only does this clear up some (not all) confusion but it captures the essence of what's in the 250+ pages...details to begin showing up regularly on this blog. I would love to hear your responses to what the Modern Dads DILLEMMA is to you...try and keep your responses specific...
I will post my current description later this week (jetlag wearing off at the moment...video responses much encouraged...

• co-presented at The Fathers and Families Coalition of America (a true coalition and rising force in the fatherhood field) with this awesome woman who gives powerful testimony and insight into the perspectives girls and women have on dads in (and out) of there lives
• very refreshing to hear her journey an unique take on what dads can do to foster healthy relationships with daughters of all ages in her book "Papa wa a rolling stone"
• great to co-lead on dad-son&daughter relationships, workshop felt like a beginning of important dialogue on fatherhood that crosses gender and racial-ethnic lines...more to come in the future

• The Barbershop Forum is a new collaboration between Modern Dads, Haji Shearer (Director of the Fatherhood Initiative, Children's Trust Fund of MA), Dr. Charles Anderson (Chair of Pediatrics at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Boston), and Club 379 (see next bullet)

• Club 379 is "the very first membership-based grooming service for males in the country." In short, this place is extraordinary on many levels...go to the website to check it out.

• The Barbershop Forum is a new, grass roots venture that we (haji, Dr. A, Omar/Shea/379Club, and me) dreamed up over the last few months. Our vision - which is very much a work-in-progress - is to provide a forum for dads/dad-figures to meet, talk, watch, listen, learn, create and ultimately BE the best dads, men, mentors we can possibly be...STAY TUNED!

This is a new section of my blog called Ideas for Dads & Schools. The purpose is to pass on interesting, creative ways that dads/dad-figures around the country are getting involved in their sons' and daughters' school community. Check out how one school in Texas is harnessing the appeal of the video game, Guitar Hero, and redefining what "Math Night at School" can look like...

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While on twitter (at digitaldads) today, I stumbled upon news of this exciting new PBS Frontline Project, Digital_Nation: Life On The Virtual Frontier. Mark your calendars for a January broadcast and check out some of the interactive content on the website. Check out the trove of great video clips, topics include: * Hopes for My Daughter: Digital Nation Correspondent Douglas Rushkoff wants his young daughter to learn the value of offline life in an increasingly online world. * A Facebook Fiasco: Videos of a rowdy train ride Cam Skinner and friends took to a rock concert ended up online ... and the PTA got involved.

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Check out this video from the Family Violence Prevention Fund's Coaching Boys Into Men project. 

True progress toward ending violence against women and children will only be achieved when a critical mass of men are actively involved in the solution by talking to the boys in their lives...