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Wanna Write for skep/dad?

…one guy toiling at this alone is hardly a strong voice

Of course I’ll need to change some of the tag lines, but I am currently contemplating other contributers to this blog. Consider this a solicitation — and here’s why: I started this little project with some lofty goals of writing about “raising kids to become critical thinkers” and while that still applies and remains the core topic for this blog, a few important things have occurred to me…

  1. I’m not an authority, but try to do my homework. But like anything, one guy toiling at this alone is hardly a strong voice.
  2. This is a much bigger project than I had ever anticipated, and I could use some help to add content. Who couldn’t?
  3. A project like this would definitely benefit from multiple authors, guest contributors, and associated content.

So, critical thinking dads, if you’d like to contribute send me an email at “brad” at “this domain name” (no quotes — well, quotes are fine, just leave out the quotation marks in the address) and let me know a few things. How would you like to contribute? This could be as a full time author (one or two posts a month, minimum, with a home on the blog), a guest contributor (one or two posts with no strong commitment, but full attribution for your work), or a cross-poster (post an article from your own blog with full attribution). Also, include some text: Why do you think you’re qualified? Send me a little blurb about yourself to post on the about section (which will be modified to accommodate.) And maybe pass along some links to some other stuff you’ve written. You know… that sort of thing.

What to write? Well, it’s a fairly open field at the moment, but I’m hoping to keep things fairly solid with well-thought-out articles about raising critical thinking kids — and less focus on the short, one-liner posts with lots of links, videos, or that sort of thing. But we can chat.

Since this is a zero-profit blog (at the moment at least) and does not use ads (for now) I can’t pay, but I could offer full- or part-time contributors:

If you are a father to kids of any age and have some insight into how to raise them with a bend for critical thought, here’s your chance. I look forward to hearing from you.

The skep/dad blog is meant to casually reflect on questions surrounding parenting and raising kids to become critical thinkers by asking questions and examining parenting ideas with a skeptical eye for facts and science. Each article is one dad's personal opinion, backed where relevant by literature and published research. skep/dad welcomes balanced discussion, comments, and ideas.

January 1, 2008 by Brad
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3 Responses to “Wanna Write for skep/dad?”

  1. Skeptical Books for Children - Part Two « PodBlack Blog on February 4th, 2008 8:49 pm

    [...] the way, if you’re a ‘Skeptic Dad’ yourself - you might like to check out this call for contributions at the Skep/Dad [...]

  2. Podblack on February 4th, 2008 8:57 pm

    Hope this helps! http://podblack.wordpress.com/

  3. Brad on February 5th, 2008 8:50 am

    Anything helps! Thanks!

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