All Posts Tagged With: "Matt Pfingsten"

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How to Deal with Getting Fired

Life is full of challenges, and parents teach their kids a lot by how they deal with adversity. Here is one Dad’s story about How to Deal with Getting Fired: I work in marketing and advertising. This means I get fired. A lot. Unfortunately, being laid off comes with the territory in this career field. Over the years, I’ve read many books on transitioning, job-seeking, interviewing and networking, but I have yet to come across any literature that deals with how to gracefully deal with getting canned.

8Feb2010 | Jeremy | 3 comments | Continued
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The Pressure of Being a Good Husband and Dad

I’m almost thirty-seven. I’m a man, and I’m a husband and father. I find myself thinking very frequently what these things mean, not only in my own life but also in life in general. It makes me think about things like pressure, responsibility and duty.

5Apr2009 | Jeremy | 5 comments | Continued
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What Kind of Mom Did You Have?

I was overwhelmed with the amazing responses people shared about the article What Kind Of Dad Did You Have? So many people came forward, not just to comment, but to share real and personal experiences that they had with their own fathers.

9Oct2008 | Jeremy | 8 comments | Continued
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What Kind of Dad Did You Have?

Discovering Dad is a site about “learning what it means to be a good dad,” and to me, good dads don’t give up. The learn how to adapt; they grow up; they evolve; and, they love their kids no matter what, even if their kids don’t seem to love them back. However, as dads, we don’t only learn from our experiences as fathers ourselves – we learn from the example that was also set in our own homes. So, good or bad, what kind of dad did you have?

24Aug2008 | Jeremy | 32 comments | Continued
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You Are Not Peter Pan Anymore

There seems to be a common theme among fathers, especially first-timers like myself. At one point or another, they seem to have a hard time accepting the fact that, from the day their child was born, their lives were changed. They were no longer able to indulge in the reckless abandon they experienced in their pre-baby years.

5Aug2008 | Jeremy | 7 comments | Continued
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