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Music Video Contest in @CooperandKid ‘s Latest Activity Kit – Music: A Space Odyssey #dadchat

December 9, 2014 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

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Listen to the music of the stars–or better yet, make your own–with Cooper & Kid‘s newest activity kit and out-of-this-world video contest.
At Cooper & Kid, they’re inviting dads and their children to explore the vast reaches of the universe with their latest Cooper Kit entitled Music: A Space Odyssey. By signing up for their unique quarterly subscription service, dads will receive this instant box of awesome right at their doorsteps. Inside are secret projects and ingredients designed to rocket his coolness factor to the stars and back. The kits change every season, and this current Cooper & Kid kit is filled with an assortment of intergalactic music-making instruments that are needed to rock out to their newest promotion. This music kit is limited, so get on board today!

To get the creative wheels turning, they’ve launched a special music video contest that will allow father and child to compete for fortune and glory across the galaxy. Their challenge, if they choose to accept it, is to create an amazing music video using the instruments from the kit. The only rule is that it must be a completely original musical masterpiece–no lip-synching or performing an existing composition is allowed. Once they’ve taped their favorite rendition, they’ll post it to YouTube and wait for the accolades to come rolling in.

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Every team that enters will receive a special prize, as well as the chance to win a Star Wars Original Trilogy Blu-Ray + DVD Pack. The battle to see who will take title as King of the Dads–and possibly the universe–is officially on, and runs through February 6, 2015.
Cooper & Kid was born in the heart of Africa where Nichole Smaglick, founder of the brand, spent many years living with and studying warrior cultures. Immersed in an atmosphere where strong male figures reveled in emotional bonding with their kiddos, she saw firsthand how deeply transformative an experience it can be for both father and child. With a product that bolsters hands-on fun together and a community filled with innovative and inspirational resources, Cooper & Kid is gifting fathers with the appreciation they’ve been missing.

For additional information or to feature, please visit www.cooperandkid.com

 

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Filed Under: fatherhood, product review Tagged With: #dadchat, fatherhood, product review

#HomeSafety for The Holidays at #DadChat #Christmas

December 8, 2014 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

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It’s the Holiday Season, Christmas-time, and everyone is excited and happy. However, during this festive time there are often many home safety disasters as well as those we always hear about, on the road. This important issue is often lost amidst all the “cheer.” #DadChat will tackle Home Safety this Thursday, December 11 at 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. ET, along with sponsor Kidde, and we’ll ask the tough questions, and help YOU have a safe as well as happy holiday season. We also have some special giveaways from Kidde that you can win at this week’s #DadChat!

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About Kidde, by Kidde: Founded by Walter Kidde in 1917, a pioneer in early smoke detection and fire suppression, Kidde is the world’s largest manufacturer of fire safety products. Each day, we work to expand upon our legacy of innovation, providing advanced solutions to protect people and property from fire and related hazards. You can find our products in homes and businesses around the globe. And while we’re a leading manufacturer of fire safety products, there’s more to safety than equipment and technology. From collaboration with builders and dealers to community initiatives to partnerships with non-profits, Kidde is committed to working together to create a safer world. 

Prizes to be given away – you WILL have to earn them – are:

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Kidde Kitchen Fire Extinguisher: the only special purpose fire extinguisher that is UL-listed for residential cooking equipment. It delivers the firefighting agent at a high volume and low velocity to reduce cooking oil splashing, and the pressure gauge shows the unit is ready for use. Its non-toxic and non-corrosive agent makes clean-up safe and easy.

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Kidde Worry-Free Digital Carbon Monoxide Alarm: an easy-to-install CO alarm with a 10-year, sealed-in battery, which includes a digital display feature to view the current CO level. It lasts nearly twice as long as the average CO alarm and offers continuous detection of the leading cause of accidental poisoning deaths in America.

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Kidde Three Story Escape Ladder: a 25-foot ladder, which offers a quick and easy escape from a three-story home. It attaches quickly to most windows, and is tangle free, stretching out to form a flame resistant, durable and sturdy ladder that can support up to 1,000 pounds.

Kidde-Worry-Free-CO-Alarm

Kidde Worry-Free Kitchen Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Combination Alarm: combination smoke and CO alarm powered by a sealed-in, 10-year lithium battery, which lasts the life of the alarm, providing 24/7 fire and CO protection and eliminating the hassles of low battery chirps and battery replacement. It features an innovative smart sensing technology to minimize nuisance alarms caused by cooking.

 

  • Kidde kitchen fire extinguisher
  • Kidde Worry-Free Kitchen Smoke/CO combination alarm
  • Kidde Worry-Free digital CO alarm
  • Kidde Three-story escape ladder

 

Questions to be considered for this week’s #DadChat:

  • Are you fire-safe in your home? 
  • Do you have a two-story home? Do you have an escape ladder?
  • Do YOUR kids know where your fire extinguishers are? Do they know how to use them? 

 

Here are some suggested tweets to post to invite your friends and followers to join us:

~~ #DadChat discusses home safety Thursday. Is your home fire-safe? Do you have an extinguisher?

~~ It’s the holidays, but are you safe and secure? Are your smoke alarms working? #DadChat takes this on tomorrow!

~~ What happens if there’s a fire in your home? Do you have a plan? Let’s discuss that and more #Safety tips at #DadChat TONIGHT!

 

 

 

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The Art of Social Media with Guy Kawasaki and Peg Fitzpatrick at #DadChat

December 1, 2014 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

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We are honored to have the authors of the just published book — The Art of Social Media — Guy Kawasaki and Peg Fitzpatrick as our guests at #DadChat Thursday, December 11 at 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. ET. Guy is making his fourth appearance at #DadChat and continuing his streak of educating our community on the topic of his latest book. It’s worth noting that Guy is the father of four boys. Peg is both his co-author and business partner, as well as a mom and Social Media star in her own right. Plus, YOU can win one of THREE copies of their new book this week at #DadChat.

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Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva, an online design service, and an executive fellow of the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley. Previously, he was the chief evangelist of Apple and special advisor to the CEO of the Motorola business unit of Google. His many acclaimed books include The Art of the Start and Enchantment.

 

Peg Fitzpatrick is a social media strategist and popular blogger writing on her own website and across the web. Peg has spearheaded successful social-media campaigns for Motorola, Audi, Google, and Virgin as well as having been a brand ambassador for Kimpton Hotels. The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users is her first book.

 

Some questions to consider:

How has #SocialMedia changed your life?

What is The ART of #SocialMedia? Isn’t it just a lot of texting, googling, and inappropriate photos?

Has #SocialMedia enhanced your life; your kid’s lives?

Is real-life people interaction – networking – dying or growing as a result of #SocialMedia?

 

#DadChat has surpassed 75,000 tweets so far this year and over 2,000,000,000 impressions. Here are some suggested tweets to invite your friend, colleagues and followers to join our international community. Remember our motto: #DadChat is for anyone who is a parent or was a child.

 

~~ What is The Art of #SocialMedia with @GuyKawasaki at #DadChat Thursday

~~ @GuyKawasaki returns to #DadChat tomorrow to discuss his new book, The Art of Social Media

~~ Learn the secrets to #SocialMedia with @GuyKawasaki at #DadChat TONIGHT

 

 

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Anthony Hamilton Talks about Kids, Music, and Love at #DadChat #Christmas

November 17, 2014 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

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It’s that time of year: The Holiday Season! Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year’s. We’re beginning the celebratory mood with very special guest and Grammy-Award winner Anthony Hamilton Thursday, November 20 at 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. ET. He is beginning his national tour for his new album Home for the Holidays which we will be giving away at #DadChat this week! Anthony will talk about kids (he’s a father of six boys), music, love, and Christmas!

Anthony Hamilton hits the road this holiday season for his “Home for the Holidays” tour! Anthony will be playing his hits plus new music from the recently released holiday album. Tickets, VIPs, and tour details all available here. 

What’s YOUR favorite holiday song?

Do you feel ANY stress during the holidays?

Anthony-Hamilton

Fans began paying attention to Hamilton in 2002, when he sang the infectious hook on the Nappy Roots’ “Po’ Folks.” That performance netted the singer the first of 12 Grammy nominations for best rap/sung collaboration. After signing with So So Def, Hamilton scored a platinum debut with Coming From Where I’m From in 2003, featuring the chart-topping hit “Charlene.” Two years later, he returned with gold- certified sophomore set Ain’t Nobody Worryin’, which spun off the No.1 hit “Can’t Let Go.” Then in 2008 came The Point of It All, which elicited USA Today’s declaration that Hamilton is “one of the genre’s rare singers.” Hamilton won his first Grammy Award in 2009 for his collaboration on Al Green’s “You Got the Love I Need.”

Some of Anthony’s songs (on YouTube):

Singing in church since he was 10 years old, Hamilton’s natural talent— rich, soul- steeped vocals breathing sonorous life into emotion-packed lyrics—has earned him a reputation as an “artist’s artist.” He counts guest stints on a diverse roster of projects from Dr. Dre, Tupac, and Young Jeezy, to Josh Turner, Santana and John Rich (Big & Rich). Between his own album sales and collaborations, Hamilton has sold more than 20 million albums.

Being a voice for others is what this singer-songwriter considers some of his most important work. Hamilton hosts the annual “Anthony Hamilton Big Payback Week” in his hometown of Charlotte during CIAA Week. With additional support from the Jordan Brand (Hamilton is an ambassador for the brand), he distributes food, backpacks, shoes, and presents checks to shelters and family centers throughout the city. “There are many families in Charlotte that need our help, and working with these organizations, serving the men, women and children here, I will continue to do anything I can to help strengthen our community”, Hamilton says. As a national spokesperson for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), Hamilton works to recruit African American male volunteers for the national nonprofit organization. He represents CASA at national child welfare conferences to raise awareness of the growing number of African American children in the foster care system.

Hamilton’s Best Of Me was nominated for two Grammy Awards, including Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song. Says Hamilton, “the immense reception to “So in Love”, “Pray For Me”, and now “Best Of Me” —shows that “R&B is about to be the new mainstream. Real music is coming back.”

And who better to deliver that message than Anthony Hamilton?

Some tweets to bring out your friends for this week’s #DadChat with Anthony Hamilton:

~~ @HamiltonAnthony aka Anthony Hamilton brings Home the Holidays at #DadChat Thursday! #HamFam

~~ #Kids, #Love, and #Music with Anthony Hamilton at #DadChat tomorrow! #HamFam

~~ Win Anthony Hamilton’s new CD “Home for the Holidays” at #DadChat tonight! #HamFam

 

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Popularity in Life, #Love, and #SocialMedia w/ Nathan Engela @nateblogs at #DadChat

November 11, 2014 by dadofdivas 1 Comment

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Who doesn’t have that horrid memory of high school or middle school when you were snubbed, ignored, or made fun of? Today, popularity is public. How many friends do you have on Facebook? How many views did your Vine or Instagram or YouTube post get? Our kids use #SocialMedia in ways that are good AND hurtful to themselves and others. And, it’s there forever. HOW do we all work with this today in Life, Love, and Social Media? THAT is our topic Thursday, November 13 at 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. ET. We’ve got a special guest, Nathan Engels, an expert on SEO joining us. AND, we are giving away THREE copies of his new book, How to Grow on Twitter for Bloggers!

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Nathan Engels leads social media and search strategy at LEAP, a digital adverting agency in Cincinnati, OH. He works with brands like Texas Roadhouse, Fruit of the Loom, Russell Athletic, Vanity Fair and many others. He also owns two different blogs, WannaBite and WeUseCoupons which together reach over 300,000 people monthly. He is a national speaker on social media psychology, blogging and audience development. He recently released a book which details how he grew his Twitter audience to over 25,000 followers in just six month, entitled, “How to Grow on Twitter for Bloggers.” He’s starred in a reality show, been featured on CNN, the Today Show and Nightline. He is worth Googling.

Do YOU care how many “friends” you have on Facebook?

Are your kids measuring their worth on Social Media or IRL?

How do we find balance in our lives with all these judgments and measurements of popularity?

Suggests tweets to invite your friends and others to join us at #DadChat Thursday

~~ Do YOU care how many “friends” you have on Facebook? #DadChat cares Thursday

~~ How does being POPULAR affect your life; your kids? #DadChat tomorrow

~~ Does Klout matter? How many friends do YOU have IRL – #DadChat talks being popular TONIGHT!

– See more at: http://www.brucesallan.com/2014/11/10/popularity-life-love-socialmedia-dadchat/#sthash.Z7aU6wUe.dpuf

 

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#Bacon, #Sex, #Chocolate, #Money, and #SocialMedia at #DadChat Thursday

November 3, 2014 by dadofdivas 1 Comment

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By popular DEMAND, we are going to tackle the life challenges that Bacon, Sex, Chocolate, and Social Media force us to confront in our daily lives. Yes, Dad and Mom, we are going to take on these troubling issues. So, join us Thursday November 6 at 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. ET if you dare!

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What are your pressing questions on this week’s #DadChat topic?

~~ How can I bring Bacon, Sex, and Chocolate all together in my Social Media life?

~~ When must I have the Bacon talk with my kids?

~~ If you could have only one, which would you choose? #Sex #Chocolate, #SoMe, or #Bacon

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The above questions are ideal for tweets to invite your friends to join us this week at #DadChat:

~~ How can I bring #Bacon, #Sex, and #Chocolate all together in my #SocialMedia life at #DadChat Thursday

~~ When must I have the #Bacon talk with my kids at #DadChat tomorrow!

~~ If you could have only one, which would you choose? #Sex #Chocolate, #SoMe, or #Bacon – #DadChat TONIGHT!

 

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Filed Under: #dadchat, fatherhood Tagged With: #dadchat, twitter

Balancing #Work & #Family – Darren Rowse ( @ProBlogger ) at #DadChat

October 27, 2014 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

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This Thursday, October 23 at 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. ET we will take on that contemporary struggle of HOW to balance work and family: Work-Life Balance. And, we’ve got Darren Rowse aka @ProBlogger to lead us in this important dialogue. Anyone EVER struggle with this issue?

I’ve regularly expressed that we ALL need tech time-outs. One of my suggestions to help with this problem is that families have a tech basket at the family dining table. At ANY meal, ALL devices go in the basket, turned OFF!

We’ll be talking about small issues like:

~~ Work hours

~~ Taking work HOME with you

~~ Working while you eat, weekends, travel, 24/7

~~ Knowing HOW and WHEN to turn it off!

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We will discuss such things as (per Darren):

– Boundaries – around your work and around your family
– The importance of modelling good work ethic (I want my kids to see me working hard to achieve my goals – rather than just shielding them from ‘work’ as if its something to be avoided)
– Communicating to your family when you’re at work — when you work at home

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Darren Rowse is widely regarded as Australia’s top blogger and is one of the most followed Australians on Twitter and other social media sites.

In 2002 Darren started his first ever blog – not knowing that what would start as a personal hobby site would grow into a full time profession and multi-million dollar business! Since that time Darren has been involved in publishing over 30 blogs but now is active on two as founder and editor:

Digital-Photography-School.com – photography tips, camera reviews and photoshop tutorials
ProBlogger.net – a blog teaching others how to build successful blogs

His two main blogs are read by over 4.5 millions unique visitors a month. Together they
have over 260,000 forum members and 1,200,000 subscribers.

Suggested tweets to bring out your friends and others to this week’s #DadChat:

~~ Work-Life Balance…Got it? We do with @ProBlogger at #DadChat Thursday

~~ Raise your hand if YOUR life is in perfect balance? #DadChat and @ProBlogger take on Work and Family Balance tomorrow!

~~ TONIGHT @ProBlogger exposes the SECRETS to balancing #Work and #Family at #DadChat

 

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#School, #Curriculum, #Kids, and How WE #Parents Fit at #DadChat

October 20, 2014 by dadofdivas 1 Comment

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When I went to elementary school (a few years back), my parents had little to do or worry about when I headed out the door. In fact, they had little to worry about after school as well because I rode my bike wherever I wanted as long as I got home before dark. Mom made sure I knew who to call and how to call “just in case” I needed to call home. These days, it’s just a tad bit different!

Common Core, Home Schooling, Political Correct History, Politics in the classroom, No Tolerance, Self-Esteem, and EVERYONE gets a trophy is the new world of primary school. How do we parents navigate this “new world” if, GULP, we have values or concerns about life and, BIGGER GULP, even are religious?! What if we have a kid with “challenges” – can we count on the schools for help? Do we EVEN DARE to discuss the horrors of Middle and High School? That’s why we have noted clinical psychologist Margot Holloman and her husband, Andy Holloman, writer, father of three, and just coincidentally Margot’s husband as our co-hosts this Thursday, October 26 at 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. ET.

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Dr. Holloman is a Clinical Psychologist located in Apex, North Carolina. She attended the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. She graduated from U.C. with Honors and received the Arthur G. Bills Award for Excellence in Research. She began graduate school at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in School Psychology. After making the decision she wanted to work primarily with therapy clients, she transferred to The University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she received her Masters and Doctoral Degrees in Clinical Psychology.

She has worked in private practice in the Raleigh area since 1997. She currently specializes in anxiety and depression across the lifespan. More recently, she has developed a strong interest in treatment methods for ADHD in children and adults. She has always loved positive psychology including how one develops resilience despite difficult childhoods or adversity in one’s current circumstances. Her research interests also primarily focused on developing and maintaining positive self-esteem.

She currently works full time with individual clients and is developing several workshops designed to facilitate the participant’s development of healthy habits for greater happiness and success. These workshops will focus on the ability to establish more authentic, meaningful, and satisfying paths throughout our lives.

Dr. Holloman is married and has three teen and preteen children. She loves dogs, gardening, reading, music, photography, scrapbooking and anything crafty or creative. She has recently discovered genealogy and may need an intervention to stay off of Ancestry.com. She is currently dabbling in woodworking and loves to decorate. She has recently learned how to use wordpress and first became confident about her computer skills through learning photoshop elements. Her guilty pleasures include spider solitaire, So You Think You Can Dance, and reading self-help books

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Writer Andy Holloman has been scribbling stories since a young age. (According to reliable sources.) Shades of Gray is his first published novel and grew out of his experiences as a travel agency owner many moons ago. He was fascinated with the true story of a client of the business that was murdered. Suspecting her line of work was drug smuggling, a story sprouted in his over-active imagination – How far would a desperate person go to save their child and their business.

His 2nd novel When His Dreams Take Flight was published in Oct. 2013 and is a Suspense/Thriller novel set in present day North Carolina.

He is the father of three and happily married for 20 years. A graduate of UNC-CH, he lives in the Raleigh, NC area and is busy carpooling, keeping his wife happy, and attending his kids sporting events. He loves the great outdoors in NC, is an avid reader, and a social media goofball. Most evenings, he can be found tapping on his well-worn keyboard as he “births” his next novel. Andy website: www.AndyHolloman.com

Here are some tweets that you can send out to bring out YOUR friends and others to join our #DadChat community. Obviously, adjust to your own liking:

  • #School – Why is it so complicated these days for our kids and US – #DadChat Thursday
  • Common Core, Bullying, Self-Esteem, Trophies for everyone – this is #School today! Let’s discuss tomorrow at #DadChat
  • How to navigate our kid’s school journey tonight at #DadChat

#dadchat-School

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Do #IRL Relationships Trump Everything in Life, Business, & #SocialMedia? – #DadChat

October 13, 2014 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

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IRL is one of those acronyms we all use – In Real Life. What an odd notion in today’s mobile, smart-phone, DIS-connected world when so many of us rely on our tech vs. our personality. Is this best for us? Is this best for OUR KIDS? We have special co-host Tamara McCleary this Thursday, October 16 at 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. ET, to help us navigate real life. Do your kids play with friends outside? Do your teens actually use their phones to talk or just text (as my younger son does)? Do you rely on email or actually “pick up” the phone and call a friend, a colleague, your relatives, OR a business lead? How will this affect our kids’ lives, moving forward?

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Tamara McCleary is a national speaker, business performance specialist, writer, social media expert and relationship economist.  She has spoken to over 1,000 audiences and is ranked in the Top 1% of global Social Media Influencers.  Past clients include KPMG and U.S. Department of Defense.  Tamara speaks on the topics of team relationships, employee satisfaction and retention, the emerging relationship economy, social media, sales performance, customer service, customer acquisition and retention, entrepreneurship and more.  Tamara’s background includes, Director of Sales and Marketing for a successful national medical device company, as well as, sales and marketing achievements.  She was named Top Sales Achiever nationally three years in a row for a biotechnology firm before launching her own successful national consulting firm based out of San Francisco, California.  Tamara is the creator of the trademarked RelationShift® method, enabling individuals and businesses to improve virtually any relationship. Tamara changes lives and transforms businesses. Visit her website!

Tweets to bring out new people and your friends – feel free to rewrite or write your own:

~~ What is IRL – Real Life – and HOW does it affect our relationships? #DadChat Thursday

~~ @TamaraMcCleary – Relationship EXPERT – talks to #DadChat about real life relationships and #SocialMedia tomorrow!

~~ Do your kids live IRL or virtually? Do You? Let’s talk #RELATIONSHIPS tonight at #DadChat with @TamaraMcCleary

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#Kids and #Careers at #DadChat Thursday

October 4, 2014 by dadofdivas 2 Comments

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Did you know that a recent poll found that the majority of parents feared their kids would not do as well as they had? That is an amazing thing! And, I believe a FIRST in modern American history. What are our kid’s best career options? Should EVERY kid go to college?  What affect will student loan debt have on our children? Is “trade” school a better option for some? What careers are offering great opportunities and which are declining? Let’s discuss this and more with an EXPERT – Mark S. Babbitt – in this field Thursday, October 9 at 9:00 p.m. EST/6:00 p.m. PT.

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Mark Babbitt is CEO and Founder of YouTern, a social community for college students, recent graduates and young professionals that Mashable calls a Top 5 Online Community for Starting Your Career.

 

A prolific blogger and speaker, he is also President of Switch and Shift and a co-founder of ForwardHeroes.org. Mark also joined with Ted Coine to write ‘A World Gone Social: How Companies Must Adapt to Survive’ – now available on Amazon and at your local Barnes and Noble.

 

Mark is the father of five and a grandfather; he and the woman who tolerates him (barely) call Seattle home.

 

Some tweets to bring out your friends and promote this week’s #DadChat. Please help and please feel free to craft your own:

 

~~ Will YOUR kid(s) be as successful as you have been? #DadChat Thursday

~~ #Kids and #Careers is our topic at #DadChat tomorrow 6pmPT/9ET

~~ Tonight let’s have a frank talk about our kid’s future in work/career at #DadChat 6pmPT/9ET

 

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