Dad Spotlights
Dad Spotlight: When Toddler Needed Open-Heart Surgery, Amazing Father Really Shined
Our 21-month-old son, Wyatt has a congenital heart defect (a CHD). He recently had open-heart surgery and just returned back home. It was definitely hard, especially the moment they took him back for surgery. My husband, Aaron, has been amazing through it all though. The first couple of nights were Read more…
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Celebrating Father’s Day
As everyone spends Father’s Day acknowledging great men in our lives, we’ll be using the HoCo Dads platform to showcase your families’ photos as a way to honor local dads with our spotlight.
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Sheriff Marcus Harris on Black History Month [Dad Spotlight]
We’re glad to be ending the month by spotlighting Howard County’s first Black Sherriff and father of two, Marcus Harris. We’ve been celebrating Black History Month by placing a spotlight on local Black dads that are doing a great job of building their legacies through admirable parenting – creating Black Read more…
Dad Spotlights
Celebrating Black History Month
As we celebrate history month with our own families, we’re taking time to spotlight local Black dads that are building their own legacies by being standout dads.Enjoy the spotlights for this week, submit more & we’ll report back next week.
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2019 Year in Review, New Board Members, OG Board Named as Founders.
We had a lot of milestones in 2019 and the community really embraced this movement we have going. Thank you to all of the families, volunteers, government organizations, and companies that partnered with us to make Howard County an even more dad-friendly place for families. 2 New Directors Voted onto Read more…
Cool Dads Unite
My Struggle to Figure Out Fatherhood
Feeling Unequipped Have you mastered fatherhood?… Do you even know anyone who has? Shoot him my number so he can help a brotha out! As a fairly new father (6 years as of this writing), I frequently find myself ill-equipped in parenting. I find myself improvising without a strategy when Read more…
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What’s something great about the relationship with your dad? Here’s mine.
What is something you remember that your dad did for you, or just something great about your relationship with your dad? One of my favorite memories was sometimes joining my dad for his weekly dinner outing with 3 of his closest friends. They met every Tuesday for like 25 years. Read more…
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How ‘Daddy Daughter Days’ Strengthened Their Bond
Local Howard County Dad, O’Dell Lewis reached a point where he needed to spend more time with his youngest daughter. So he created monthly Daddy Daughter Days to be intentional about dedicating time to enjoy activites with her. Sharing Dad’s Time Daddy Daughter Days or DDD started around 2015 when Read more…
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Reflections on My Stay-At-Home Dad Days
The Decision Now, 9 years removed from the decision to stay home with my kids, I have an interesting perspective on things. I just want to begin by saying that this was the single MOST important decision I have ever made. I also want everyone to know, that I made Read more…
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Reflections as a Howard County Dad
Why Howard County? I have been a Howard County Dad since 2005. Like many young dads, I moved here because I felt Howard County was a great place to raise a family. My wife, Elizabeth, and I live in Ellicott City with our daughters, Claire and Grace. For many years, being Read more…
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Reflections on Becoming a Dad
My name is Greg Jennings. I am a long-time Democratic activist, current prosecutor, former legislative aide, and brand-new dad. I am running for Howard County Council District 3. Becoming a Father On March 8 of this year, I was attending a County Council Candidate forum. These gatherings give us Read more…