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Oakland A’s Slugger Brandon Moss Takes Paternity Leave

April 19, 2013 By Scott Behson 4 Comments

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Major League Baseball implements a paternity leave policy for players … of only 72 hours. A good start? Or the price of playing pro ball?

What Working Fathers Need to Address Workplace Equality

April 18, 2013 By Cameron Phillips 21 Comments

Cameron Phillips argues that taking gender out of the equation reinforces the work/life problem facing fathers and mothers

Filed Under: Families, Featured Content Tagged With: A League of Their Own, Anne-Marie Slaughter, equal rights, Feminist Movement, Gender equality, glass ceiling, Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg, Shylock, undervaluing men as fathers, work/life balance, workplace equality

Simplifying: Living With Less Can Leave Us With More

April 5, 2013 By Scott Behson 4 Comments

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How a dot-com millionaire and a former missionary family have found greater riches in voluntary simplicity.

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Sawyer’s Reaction to Yahoo’s Ban on Telework Misses the Point

March 12, 2013 By Scott Behson 7 Comments

Telework expert Scott Behson offers his analysis of the data on telecommuting, employee productivity, and creative office culture.

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What’s Your Deal Breaker in a Relationship?

February 27, 2013 By SidneyAnne Stone 97 Comments

What qualities in men are “deal breakers” for women considering a relationship? Conversely, what are on men’s lists?

Filed Under: Featured Content, Lists, Sex & Relationships, The Good Life Tagged With: attractive traits in a mate, dating, deal breakers, Desiderata, Fidelity, Good Men, good women, hard working, heterosexual relationships, honesty, hypocrisy in dating, men and women, personal boundaries, relationships, romance, singles, unappealing traits, unattractive traits in a mate, what men want in women, what women want in men, work/life balance

Are Family Dinners Really That Important?

February 8, 2013 By Scott Behson 6 Comments

Is there a multivitamin for family health?

Filed Under: Featured Content, The Good Life, Work/Life Balance Tagged With: adolescent health, family dinners, fatherhood, health, involved parents, multivitamins, Nancy Gibbs, non-traditional work schedule, nutrition, Parenthood, placebo effect, psychology, research, sharing meals, teen drug use, teen mental health, teen sex, Time Magazine, unstructured family time, vitamins, work/life balance

Fathers, Work and Family Issues on TV: Expedia’s “Find Your Perspective” Ad

February 1, 2013 By Scott Behson 2 Comments

One father finds work-life balance on the teacups ride at Disney. How do you find perspective?

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Being a Father Makes You Better at Your Job

January 25, 2013 By Scott Behson 6 Comments

A study of working dads suggests fatherhood conveys direct benefits to employers.

Filed Under: Featured Content, The Good Life, Work/Life Balance Tagged With: Boston College, Boston College Center for Work and Family, fatherhood, fathers, leadership skills, overcoming obstacles, patience, skills, survey results, work/family balance, work/life balance, working dads, working fathers

The River of Life

January 22, 2013 By Atalwin Pilon Leave a Comment

Why does it always feel like jumping off a cliff, every time I step back into the current of my life?

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Reimagining Mentorship

January 19, 2013 By Justin Cascio 4 Comments

The building blocks of society are its adult citizens. What kind of society do we want to build?

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These Chores Don’t Count? On Men’s Hidden “Second Shift”

January 18, 2013 By Scott Behson 93 Comments

Housework—as it is defined by those who keep the statistics—does not include many chores traditionally handled by men.

Filed Under: Featured Content, The Good Life, Work/Life Balance Tagged With: Americans Time Use Survey, Arlie Hochschield, Bureau of Labor Satistics, chores, domestic chores, gender roles, handymen, home maintenance, home repair, home/work balance, housework, housework gap, Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Second Shift, University of Michigan, Work, work/life balance

Prioritizing Time and Money

January 4, 2013 By Scott Behson 22 Comments

“Ten years ago, I turned my head for a moment and it became my life.”

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Bushmaster and the Cult of Masculinity

December 22, 2012 By Scott Behson 22 Comments

Men have some catching up to do with women, in shedding the stigma of gender nonconformity.

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Negotiating Flexible Work Arrangements, Part 4

December 21, 2012 By Scott Behson 1 Comment

Make a business proposal, and make it easy for them to say yes.

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Negotiating Flexible Work Arrangements, Part 3

December 14, 2012 By Scott Behson 2 Comments

Address your boss’ concerns about what is fair.

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Navigating Male Midlife

December 12, 2012 By Lisa Friedman Bloch and Kathy Kirtland Silverman 5 Comments

Recognize the signs of male menopause and understand the reasons behind the changes.

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Our Mission: The Vasectomy Files 8

The Vasectomy Project is encouraging men to join forces and take responsibly for family planning. This is an opportunity to bring people together to talk about our collective responsibility while offering men a concrete way to contribute towards a solution by having a vasectomy.