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Michael Finlay

Michael Finlay

About the Author

I started my blog "This is Fatherhood..." in March of 2016 as a way to share my experience as a dad. I absolutely love being a dad and wanted to share my stories, passion and experience with others as I noticed a shortage of writing from the perspective of fathers.

My younger brother was born when I was eight and I have always enjoyed being around and taking care of young children. I worked for The Gilbert House Children's Museum for nearly three years before joining SMART (Start Making a Reader Today).  

I have an almost-four-year-old son and a nearly-one-year-old daughter with my wife of eight years. We love spending time playing together and going on family dates to the river, the beach and other fun places in our community. 

Feeling Your Feelings

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Confusion.  Anxiety.  Frustration.  Fear.  Did any of these words trigger something in you about the current state of the world and our communities right now?  I’m sure they did and definitely triggered some responses in me as well.  I’ve felt all of these feelings many times over the last few months…and then some.  It’s incredibly […]

Diverse Books

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I am a huge advocate of reading books to young children.  Just as important, I believe, is what and who kids see in those books. As part of the work I do, we help train our volunteers on the importance of equity and inclusion especially as it relates to the students we work with and […]

Speak Up

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To tell you the truth…I haven’t really known what to say or what to do.  I know that I want to step up and say something, to use the knowledge that I’ve gained from years of equity work and years of studying the brutal and nasty history of our country and the world, but I […]

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