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Scott Behson, PhD
Professor, Author, Speaker, Consultant
Building Better Workplaces
That Work for Everyone
From 2012 through 2017, I authored the Fathers, Work, and Family Blog, the first and most prominent blog focused on helping fathers balance work and family and promoting more supportive workplaces. The blog is now shuttered, but is archived here.
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- Jan 31, 2015
- 2 min
Richard Sherman’s Baby Is Due Just in Time for the Super Bowl. What Should He Do?
UPDATE: The baby arrived Thursday morning, so no decision was needed. Mom, dad and baby are all doing great. Congrats! Dad-to-be Richard...
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- Jan 27, 2015
- 4 min
SOTU, Swiffer, Buzzfeed, The Onion and Ruth Bader Ginsberg: Work-Family News Roundup January 2015
Fatherhood, Work and Family have been in the news a lot lately. Here’s a roundup of some of my favorite content from the past few months....
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- Nov 20, 2014
- 5 min
TMZ, Rock and Roll, Flextime, Paternity Leave and Football: Work-Family News Roundup, November 2014
Here’s our monthly round-up of my favorite fathers, work and family-related news and analysis from the past month And, now, the latest...
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- Nov 14, 2014
- 1 min
The Challenges Faced by Working Dads in 2014: All In One Great Infographic!
From the White House and the Department of Labor: The Challenges Faced by Working Dads in 2014 Leading up to the White House Summit on...
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- Oct 23, 2014
- 5 min
Work-Family News Roundup, October 2014
Did you know that October is National Work and Family Month? What better time for another roundup of my favorite work-family-related news...
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- Oct 3, 2014
- 2 min
Further Thoughts on the “CEO Dads”: Schireson and El-Erian
Change is more likely to happen when the new generation of men in positions of corporate leadership see work-family not as a theoretical...
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- Sep 25, 2014
- 5 min
Another CEO Chooses Fatherhood: PIMCO’s Mohamed El-Erian
When PIMCO CEO Mohamed El-Erian was confronted by his daughter with a list of milestones and important family events he missed, he...
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- Aug 28, 2014
- 4 min
Work-Family News Roundup, August 2014
As a new feature on Fathers, Work and Family, I will be writing a monthly roundup of various news, information and commentary that relate...
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- Aug 6, 2014
- 3 min
CEO Steps Down To Be A More Involved Dad
Yesterday, Max Schireson stepped down as CEO of MongoDB, a successful and growing software company, in order to be a more involved...
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- Jul 15, 2014
- 4 min
Daniel Murphy: From Paternity Leave to All Star
You may recall the media firestorm a few months ago, when NY Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy took paternity leave and missed the first...
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- Jul 14, 2014
- 4 min
EEOC Issues Guidelines on Parity for Maternity and Paternity Leave
The EEOC issued its new guidance on parental leave today. In it, they lay the basis for parity between company-offered maternity and...
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- Jun 17, 2014
- 1 min
White House Working Fathers Summit: A Photo Essay
On Monday, June 9th, I was a panelist at the 1st ever White House Summit on Working Fathers– an event in which high-level administration...
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- Jun 15, 2014
- 2 min
A Very Happy (and Busy) Father’s Day
Dads always get more media attention on the build-up to Father’s Day. However, this year seems different to me in that there is so much...
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- Apr 29, 2014
- 4 min
Law Suit: Dad Fired for Asserting His Right to Paternity Leave?
A dad alleges that his employer retaliated against him by marginalizing and then firing him after he fought for his right to take the...
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- Apr 2, 2014
- 3 min
Idiots Mike Francesa, Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton Are So Very Very Wrong About MLB Paternity Lea
Idiots Mike Francesa, Craig Carton and Boomer Esiason said awful things in reaction to the Mets’ Daniel Murphy’s recent paternity leave....
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- Mar 26, 2014
- 3 min
Hey Slacker Dad- Parent the Way You Want, Stop Being A Jerk About It
An article in the Guardian defending traditional dads from the peer pressure of “50/50 dads” goes too far in trying to make its case- at...
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- Mar 13, 2014
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Celebrating a Year of Progress on Fathers’ Work-Family Issues
While there is still much more work to be done, the past 12 months has seen a marked rise in attention being paid to fathers’ work-family...
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- Feb 6, 2014
- 4 min
The Time is Right For the FAMILY Act- Paid Parental Leave
The FAMILY act would create a national policy of paid parental leave. Why I think this is a great idea. I was extremely fortunate to...
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- Jan 14, 2014
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My Latest at GMP: “How Drivel Like Hanna Rosin’s ‘Men Are Obsolete’ Harms Bo
Like most societal challenges, the effort to promote work-family balance will only succeed when both men and women work together. A...
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