About Joe Kelly

Joe Kelly is a father, best-selling author, blogger, activist, and primary media source on fathering, appearing on the Today Show, Talk of the Nation, Fox News, as well as in Time, People, New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Parenting, and dozens of other outlets. He has written for Parents and Mothering, and blogs for www.DadsandDaughters.com and Deepak Chopra's IntentBlog.com.

Kelly speaks and teaches across North America on fathering, media and marketing’s impact on families, successful strategies for raising girls and boys, and how professionals can mobilize fathers as allies in their work.

His best-seller, Dads and Daughters: How to Inspire, Understand and Support Your Daughter has been called “an essential aid for the fathers of adolescent girls.” Kelly won Father of the Year Awards from iParenting.com and the Women’s Sports Foundation. He belongs to the Center for Family Policy and Practice, the Men’s Task Force of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, Save Title IX Task Force, and serves on the board of the national Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Minnesota Fathers & Families Network, and is a consultant for the Men's Resource Center for Change, American Psychological Association Task Force on Sexualization of Girls, Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day, and other nonprofit organisations.

Here are my most recent posts

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Do You Know Her Best Friends

Joe Kelly Oct 11, 2010

How well do we know–and how much do we know about–our daughters’ best friends? The answer to…

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Why Teen Magazines Might be Bad for Your Daughter?

Joe Kelly Apr 8, 2009

Back when you and I were kids, girls read Seventeen magazine hoping to learn how to look…

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The Big (Capital “T”) Talk

Joe Kelly Mar 1, 2009

I happen to be an alcoholic and, thankfully, I got sober before my daughters were born. As…

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Why Aren’t There More Groups for Fathers?

Joe Kelly Jan 5, 2009

Men’s groups have a bad reputation with many men but that’s no excuse for staying silent about…

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Listen, Listen, and Listen Some More

Joe Kelly Jan 5, 2009

A girl’s voice may be the most valuable and most threatened resource she has. Dads must help…

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Dads, Daughters, and Play

Joe Kelly Dec 3, 2008

Playing is one of parenting’s primary perks. Play provides a way for you to share your heart…

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The Northeast Nostalgia Tour

Joe Kelly Nov 6, 2008

Our culture of birthing has certainly changed–returning to a semblance of the family event it was through…

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When the Door Slams

Joe Kelly Sep 30, 2008

When you provide your ears and your presence, you amplify your daughter’s voice and strengthen her belief…

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