Dads and Daughters
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Dads and Daughters is a lobbying group that seeks to remove media stereotypes that negatively typecast fathers and girls. In 1999, Joe Kelly
and Michael Kieschnick founded the group, which has since attracted 2,000 members. In 2004, Dads and Daughters lobbied Verizon Communications
to remove an advertisement depicting a computer-illiterate father being reproved by his precocious daughter and scolding wife. Concerning the advertisement, Kelly said, "It's reflective of some deeply entrenched cultural attitudes -- that fathers are second-class parents. . . . To operate from the assumption that dad is a dolt is harmful to fathers, harmful to children, and harmful to mothers."
Joe Kelly (author)
Joe Kelly is the co-founder of the first national advocacy nonprofit for fathers and daughters in the United States, Dads and Daughters . The group was founded in 1999 with Michael Kieschnick...
and Michael Kieschnick founded the group, which has since attracted 2,000 members. In 2004, Dads and Daughters lobbied Verizon Communications
Verizon Communications
Verizon Communications Inc. is a global broadband and telecommunications company and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average...
to remove an advertisement depicting a computer-illiterate father being reproved by his precocious daughter and scolding wife. Concerning the advertisement, Kelly said, "It's reflective of some deeply entrenched cultural attitudes -- that fathers are second-class parents. . . . To operate from the assumption that dad is a dolt is harmful to fathers, harmful to children, and harmful to mothers."