Parent Nation, this ain't your mama's parenting show!

Each and every week, Tara tackles all the latest hot button and pop culture issues facing parents and kids. She also dishes up filter-free conversations with her fellow mom friends (you know you want to listen), and introduces you to guests whose take on all things parenting just might make you spit out your drink - or raise a glass in their honor.

At Parent Nation, we LOVE dads! To celebrate them we feature them the first Tuesday of every month!

We call it Dad Day!

Lorne Jaffe is a stay-at-home dad who resides in Queens, NY. He is battling depression and anxiety while being the primary caregiver to his daughter. His work has appeared in the book Dads Behaving Dadly: 67 Truths, Tears and Triumphs of Modern Fatherhood, The Huffington Post, The Good Men Project, www.whattoexpect.com, and www.citydadsgroup.com. You can find his blog at www.raisingsienna.com.

Donald Unger writes and lectures on the representation of men, masculinity, and fatherhood in popular culture.  His book "Men Can: The Changing Image & Reality of Fatherhood in America," was published by Temple University Press.  Currently a visiting lecturer at the College of the Holy Cross, he has taught writing and gender studies at a number of institutions, including MIT and The University at Albany-SUNY.  He has been a freelance writer for more than twenty-five years.  His work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Village Voice; radio commentary has aired on local NPR affiliates; his short fiction has been published in the US, Canada, and Europe. 

So pull up a chair, shake up a cocktail, and kick up your heels while you tune in to the refreshingly real talk about what it takes to be a functional - and fun - parent in today's wild world of raising kids.

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