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Pandemic Fatigue: Self Help for CoVID-19 Depression

While #StayAtHome during COVID-19, have you suffered from tiredness, exhaustion, lack of motivation or depression? You might have experienced a Pandemic Fatigue. Yan, who is a no stranger to this form of exhaustion, lays out 5 ways that helped him ...
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Normalizing Kids’ Screen Time

Screen time for kids is always a sensitive issue in parenting. But sometimes I think we look at it all wrong; Humanity is ever-changing, and parenting should precede our evolution. I remember sitting outside Music Class waiting for my kids ...
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Daddy Squared Greatest Hits

Alex and Yan look back at the three seasons of the show. Daddy Squared: The Gay Dads Podcast first aired in September 2018. Since then we have done three seasons, a COVID-19 thirty-day challenge and a Pride 2020 episode. This ...
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Surrogacy for Gay Men: Grants and Overcoming Financial Obstacles

Surrogacy is an amazing option for gay men to become dads -- but it's highly expensive. Daddy Squared is checking in with the surrogacy grants available for gay men in the U.S. Shortly after we had Ben and Adam on ...
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Coming Out of Quarantine

As COVID-19 quarantine rules are relaxing and we're about to go out to the world again, John Volturo, Author, Speaker, Executive Coach and dad of twin girls, shares his thoughts on how to do it wisely. Dear Dads, Guncles and ...
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Daddy Squared Pride 2020 Special

As gay parents, we educate our kids on diversity by showing them that there are many different people in the world, and many types of families. But when is the right time to also teach them that there are people ...
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List: 5 Ways to Introduce Race to Your Children Without Making a Big Deal Out of It

Parents talk about "introducing race" to their kids. But kids need no such introduction, it's already part of their lives. Our job as parents is to make sure it's available to them. After a week of devastation and depression following ...
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Daddy Squared: Gay Dads Save The World

Starting 4/22 (Earth Day- and it's no coincidence) every day for 30 days we're calling one gay dad who is on the frontline of caring for the world during this COVID-19 crisis and hear about his role in healing our ...
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Covid-19: A Guide for the Socially-Anxious

Shame, embarrassment, shyness, fear of rejection: these are the components that have been putting me in quarantine long before it was "in fashion." On the other side of the boxing ring lies the fear of missing out and the desire ...
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3×14 Coming Out AFTER Having Kids

Coming out after being married to a woman and having kids takes a certain bravery and strength. In this Season Finale we bring you two fascinating and new stories of men who tried to force themselves to live a straight ...
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