Men's Health Network
302 Zephyr Drive
Oakland, CA
USA 94607
Email: armin@mrdad.com
Disclosure statement:
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: • Author of The Military Father: A Hands-on Guide for Deployed Dads (Abbeville, 2009)
Lead author of Your Head: An Owner’s Manual (Men’s Health Network, 2008)
• Lead author of Blueprint for Men’s Health (Men’s Health Network, 2006)
Writer of “Ask Mr. Dad,” a weekly column distributed by McClatchy-Tribune
Information Services (formerly Knight-Ridder), which appears in over 40
newspapers throughout the U.S.
• Authored hundreds of articles on a wide variety of topics, including fatherhood,
health, business, education, and family relationships for such publications as,
The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, The Washington Post, Reader's
Digest, Good Housekeeping, Men’s Health, Redbook, Playboy, Family Circle,
Child, Parenting, Family Life, American Baby, The Saturday Evening Post.
Radio, Television, and other Media
• Host of “Positive Parenting,” a weekly talk show for parents, which airs on top
stations in San Francisco and several other markets.
• Host of “DaddyCast,” a daily podcast for and about dads and those who love
them.
• Guest on hundreds of national and regional TV and radio shows, including The
Today Show (NBC), The Early Show (CBS), The O’Reilly Factor (Fox), In the
Money (CNN), BBC, Discovery Health, and many more.
• Expert source quoted in hundreds of national and regional print and Internet
publications, including The New York Times, The Wall St. Journal, The
Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, Glamour, Parents, Child, The
Boston Globe, and many more.
Honors and Awards
• Winner of two 2008 gold medal awards from the Independent Book Publishers
Association for Fathering Your School-Age Child.
• Winner of two 2005 Adding Wisdom awards from Parent-to-Parent, for The
Expectant Father and The New Father: A Dad’s Guide to the First Year.
• Excellence in Journalism (three separate awards). “Bone Marrow Report: The
Real Medical Miracle.” Family Circle, October 6, 1998
• Best Parenting Book. The New Father. Child Magazine, 1997
• National Magazine Award nomination. “The Lace Curtain: Gender Bias in the
Media.” Nieman Reports, Winter, 1994
Other Affiliations
• Board of Advisors, Men’s Health Network
• Board of Advisors, Pampers Parenting Network
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.