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Scott Behson, PhD
Professor, Author, Speaker, Consultant
Building Better Workplaces
That Work for Everyone
From 2012 through 2017, I authored the Fathers, Work, and Family Blog, the first and most prominent blog focused on helping fathers balance work and family and promoting more supportive workplaces. The blog is now shuttered, but is archived here.
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New Dads Zack Britton and Greg Holland Square Off in the American League Championship Series
Zach Britton and Greg Holland, the closers for the Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals, who face off against each other in the...
Scott Behson
Oct 9, 20143 min read
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Ryan Braun Supported While On Paternity Leave During Brewers’ Playoff Chase
The Brewers are in a playoff race, in a major team-wide slump, and now, their best player goes on paternity leave. What has the public...
Scott Behson
Sep 5, 20143 min read
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Daniel Murphy: From Paternity Leave to All Star
You may recall the media firestorm a few months ago, when NY Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy took paternity leave and missed the first...
Scott Behson
Jul 15, 20144 min read
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The Mets’ John Olerud Took Paternity Leave in 1998 To No Criticism. Where Were Francesa and Bo
When the controversy over Daniel Murphy’s paternity leave erupted last week (see my articles here and here, and appearance on CBS This...
Scott Behson
Apr 14, 20145 min read
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Welcome Wall Street Journal Readers and CBS This Morning Viewers!
“The good news is that when anything—even something as asinine as Wednesday’s debate—gets America talking about paternity leave, it is...
Scott Behson
Apr 4, 20141 min read
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Idiots Mike Francesa, Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton Are So Very Very Wrong About MLB Paternity Lea
Idiots Mike Francesa, Craig Carton and Boomer Esiason said awful things in reaction to the Mets’ Daniel Murphy’s recent paternity leave....
Scott Behson
Apr 2, 20143 min read
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Carl Crawford Leads Off- Another Baseball Season, Another Paternity Leave
Los Angeles Dodger Carl Crawford will begin the 2014 baseball season on paternity leave, making use of MLB’s forward-thinking policy- the...
Scott Behson
Mar 17, 20143 min read
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Former MLB Player Gabe Kapler on Being a Good Father (and Not Taking PEDs)
With Spring Training in full swing, I want to highlight a baseball-related fatherhood story–how one MLB player chose being a role model...
Scott Behson
Feb 27, 20142 min read
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“Moments of Accommodation” An Interview with Major League Baseball on Paternity Leave
Paul Mifsud, Senior Counsel, Labor Relations for Major League Baseball was nice enough to speak with me about their paternity leave...
Scott Behson
Sep 9, 20136 min read
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MLB Paternity Leave Update: Joe Mauer of the Twins is a Proud Father of, well, Twins!
Minnesota Twins superstar catcher Joe Mauer is among the latest ballplayers to avail themselves of Major League Baseball’s paternity...
Scott Behson
Aug 12, 20134 min read
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MLB Paternity Leave Update: Jason Kubel, Michael Bourn and Miguel Gonzalez
Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Jason Kubel, Cleveland Indians outfielder Michael Bourn and Baltimore Orioles pitcher Miguel Gonzalez are...
Scott Behson
Jul 11, 20133 min read
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MLB Paternity Leave Update: Cleveland Indians Outfielder Nick Swisher
Cleveland Indians outfielder Nick Swisher and his wife welcomed their first child on Tuesday (and as Yahoo! Sports notes, knowing Swish’s...
Scott Behson
May 23, 20132 min read
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Oakland A’s Slugger Brandon Moss Takes Paternity Leave
The First Paternity Leave of the 2013 Major League Baseball Season- The Oakland A’s Brandon Moss Oakland Athletics’ Brandon Moss is a new...
Scott Behson
Apr 16, 20132 min read
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Why I Don’t Cover Baseball Any More
Carter Gaddis had his (and every baseball fan’s) dream job as the beat reporter for the Tampa Bay Rays. He gave it up to be a more...
Scott Behson
Mar 28, 20138 min read
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