"CNN's Drew Griffin, Josh Levs and Reynolds Wolf discuss the changing face of fatherhood." Featuring Daddy Clay.
September 26, 2010
Media Coverage
Kids Or No Kids: Who Is Happier?
"Parenting and paternity has its ups and downs. But are parents happier overall than single people? DadLabs takes this issue on, in a funny and informative series of videos for expecting, new and veteran dads alike."
May 24, 2010
Dads Tweet. Why Don't We Count?
What's with all this focus on mummy bloggers? Surely we daddy tweeps count too... or do we?
April 6, 2010
Advice for the Modern Dad: DadLab's Brad Powell
Being a skillful parent and having a sense of humor are not mutually exclusive. Here's Brad Powell, co-author of "DadLabs Guide to Fatherhood," with some practical "modern dad" advice.
January 17, 2010
Parents Dish on Their Chaotic Schedules
Daddy Brad appears along side Juju Chang, host of Moms Get Real on ABC News Now and Romi Lassally from Tru Mom Confessions as they tackle the dreaded to-do list.
January 7, 2010
Should Dads Ever Push for Pre-Mom Baby Body?
"In the following video, Daddy Clay is talking to someone who markets Shrinkx Hips, which are supposed to help moms get their pre-baby body back faster - something about the chemical relaxin and squeezing and looking awesome in a girdle when you really just want to sleep all day long."
January 7, 2010
Top Dad Blogs - 2010
"This list was updated on December 2009. Ranking was based on public measures on link authority and traffic." Look for DadLabs at number 5!
December, 2009
"But the guys over at DadLabs.com laid a new one one me this week: rooting against your kid's sports team. The DadLabs post focused on the horror of making the playoffs as a travel team, dooming the family for an extended season and less-than-relaxing weekend away."
December 11, 2009
Parenting clips helpful, humorous
"I finished my video journey with the edgy and entertaining Juiceboxjungle.com and DadLabs.com. ... Over at DadLabs.com, videos full of "daditude" are made for dads by dads. These dads aren't above trying out breast pumps and getting bleeped like Ozzy."
October 4, 2009
As Daddy Bloggers Attract Readers, Marketers Follow
"Many mommy blogs have gained avid followings. The blogs, like Dooce and The Pioneer Woman, are full of stories, often quite funny, written by mothers about raising children and other topics. Recently, fathers have been getting into the game, too, with blogs like DadLabs and Dad-O-Matic."
August 28, 2009
DadLabs: a new website for Dads makes poopy diapers cool
"Taking the cool Dad movement one step further are the creators of DadLabs, a website dedicated to the myriad issues facing Dads today. Filled with chat forums and videos on topics like co-sleeping and stay-at-home dads, and funny skits with celebrity Dads like Kevin Nealon, DadLabs paints a very real portrait of life for the modern day Dad."
August 23, 2009
Sony to Daddy Bloggers: We Haven't Forgotten About You
"In the middle of the marketing frenzy around mommy bloggers, Sony Electronics has turned its attention to the other gender, launching DigiDads, a program all about putting its products into a small group of blogging dads in hopes that they'll play with them and write about them."
Daddy Brad is one of the five DigiDads.
August 20, 2009
Top Sites for Parenting How-To Videos
"DadLabs provides numerous videos from a dad's perspective that provide snippets of fatherly advice and comic relief. With cameo appearances from celebs like Kevin Nealon, and an array of parenting topics covered including, 'Kid's First Haircut' and 'Breast Pump Dad', there's no shortage of laughs from these videos."
August 19, 2009
Daddy Troy was a guest on morning show Canada AM where he discussed the DadLabs book "DadLabs Guide to Fatherhood: Pregnancy and Year One".
August 17, 2009
Kudos to the Dads @ DadLabs.com
"Describing themselves as a “start-up company dedicated to providing creative media content and information products to serve this new generation of ‘Super Dads’”, DadLabs’ approach to promoting the father/child relationship is not only highly informative, but hilariously relevant."
August 13, 2009
Dude, put down the breast pump
"Their strategy of juxtaposing diapers with beer mugs is working, Mr. Powell says, because men can relate to guy banter filmed in a garage. DadLabs logs 800,000 views on its syndicated network each month, and the five-year-old company recently renewed a six-figure sponsorship deal with BabyBjorn."
August 10, 2009
Daddy Clay and Daddy Brad were featured on the Inner Views radio show on KOOP 91.7 FM in Austin on August 5th. You can click here to listen to the interview.
August 5, 2009
Daddy Clay is currently a writer for Austin Family Magazine. You can read his column, Humor, on their online version of the magazine at their website.
Greatest Parenting Tips Ever"Many a parent has suffered a long flight with a crying baby only to discover that she can't get the car seat out of the airplane seat. Avoid this problem with two solutions that are FAA compliant: Ask your airline attendant for a seat-belt extender, suggests Troy Lanier, coauthor of "DadLabs Guide to Fatherhood.""
July 30, 2009
"For daddies: the Austin-based gentlemen of DadLabs, a video site that offers tips for fathers, products reviews and good humor in the face of restless children."
DadLabs is also mentioned in the podcast that accompanies this article. The DadLabs discussion begins at the 5:51 mark. Click here to access the podcast which is located in the "Listen to the Story" box at the top of the page.
July 27, 2009
A Dad Book: DadLabs: Pregnancy and Year One
"Pregnancy and raising a newborns is as important a subject matter that one can think of. Yet these guys-turned-dads have managed to turn these life altering experiences into a comical, yet entertaining, read. ... We give the book at rating of 6-stars. (One for each of those lil' cutie pies being manipulated into posing for the photo for the book cover.)"
July 27, 2009
DadLabs (and peepee teepees)
" And finally, the book, which you can get (and read more about) here, is just as funny and honest as the videos. You know Jon Stewart's America: The Book? Well, that's the fatherhood version. It aims to discuss things you don't dare discuss because you think you're the only one with questions (as a person who's never held a baby before I held my own, I know how that feels), and it discusses things you know all too well about, but in an original way that aims to show you that, again, you're not alone."
July 19, 2009
Best in class parenting resources for Wichita moms and dads
"Parenting isn't easy. Wichita parents need all the help they can get to raise healthy, happy, and well-adjusted children. These are some best-in-class parenting resources that can help make raising kids easier and less stressful."
July 18, 2009
Don’t Be a PASV and Other Sage Advice
"Through our battles with the teething monster I finally found the time to finish reading the review copy of DadLabs Guide to Fatherhood. It was a good, entertaining read, but I’ll be honest I’m a little annoyed. Why, you ask? Because what I really want to know is: Where in the H-E-double hockey sticks was this book 15 months ago when I needed it!"
July 8, 2009
They Make The Mistakes So You Don't Have To: DadLabs
"Written by four fathers, Clay Nichols, Brad Powell, Troy Lanier and Owen Egerton, the book gets right to the point and targets men as the primary audience. It’s all about pregnancy and babies for a real man’s man complete with beer, cussing and humor – lots of humor. (My personal favorites were the “Dad Rants.”)"
The same article can also be found at the Houston Examiner.
July 2, 2009
"DadLabs - Tons of video advice. Very practical advice." DadLabs was featured as one of the top dad blog sites in this parenting blog.
June 27, 2009
Video: Marketing: Dad Labs
"It seems that fatherhood may actually be recession-proof. Two years after meeting the guys at DadLabs, we find out how the video website is now making money."
June 21, 2009
Jeremy Adam Smith on daddy day care
"In the past 10 years, we've seen a lot more dads speak up," he says. "But they're not like the mom bloggers. ... They make jokes, they're ironic, they make fun of their kids. Dadlabs.com is funny as hell. But the important thing is they're talking in a really positive way about parenting. In a funny way, they're putting pressure on dads to be involved fathers - to be as involved as they are."
June 21, 2009
DadLabs gets a motherlode of coverage
"The run-up to Father’s Day has been good to Austin’s DadLabs, which runs an online community and produces Internet videos for what it calls the next generation of modern dads."
June 19, 2009
Austin a gold mine of how-to videos
"As Austin's film and video scene has matured and its Web business scene has rebuilt during the past decade, several companies have merged the two worlds to make a go of online video. Perhaps not coincidentally given the explosion of interest in how-to sites, they're producing instructional content, too."
May 9, 2009
And The Winner Of The 2009 Token Father's Day Involved Dad Feature Story Is...
"Ah yes, Father's Day. That time of year when a thick-headed morning news producer's heart turns to Mr. Mom stories that weren't relevant 20 years ago, either, and newspaper editors momentarily acknowledge the existence of entire generations of involved dads."
June 18, 2009
New daditude: Today's fathers are hands-on, pressure off
"Today's fathers may well take parenting as seriously as their mates, but unlike many moms, dads don't view it as a competitive sport. Instead, the new attitude of 21st-century fatherhood is hands-on and involved, but with a hint of playfulness.
June 16, 2009
[BOOK REVIEW] DadLabs Guide to Fatherhood
"When I became a father for the first time back in October of 2005 I just knew I was prepared for the challenge of fatherhood. Fast forward 4 years and I’m just now finally realizing that I had no idea what I was getting into. Too bad the DadLabs Guide to Fatherhood (Pregnancy and Year One) wasn’t around four years ago or my journey to fatherhood would have started off on a much better foot."
June 15, 2009
Pops on Top: Father may not know best, but DadLabs has made it its mission to make sure he knows a little bit better
"When Clay Nichols, Brad Powell, and Troy Lanier met as instructors and soon-to-be new dads at Austin's St. Stephen's Episcopal School, they knew they were not destined to be fathers of yesteryear – that distant figure who was expected to be a good provider and strict disciplinarian and stay as far away from the child-care business as possible."
June 12, 2009
"Clay Nichols of the Austin-based DadLabs.com reported that the DadLabs crew returned from a five-day excursion to Stockholm, Sweden, where they got 'to see first-hand the most dad-friendly place on earth.'"
June 20, 2008
"Here’s where things have gotten interesting. In the past 10 years, there has been a sea change in how we define a “good father.” We now expect dads to be involved in their kids’ lives in a way fathers have never been before. And we expect this of them even though they lack the luxury of role models, flexible workplaces, or a whole lot of instruction."
June 2009
New Dadlabs book out in time for Fathers Day
"It has many practical tips on subjects like picking a baby name and how to change a diaper but much of the value of this book is the ability to laugh at the early stages of parenthood, just as your pregnant partner is taking it so seriously. There is a time for soulful feelings about incipient fatherhood, but also a time for having a beer and making some crude jokes using all the new vocabulary you’ve just learned in Childbirth class."
June 2, 2009
More About the Daddy Shift
"For individual dads, the most important thing we can do right now is tell stories; it’s very powerful for men to tell and hear stories about the first times they held or fed their children. Today, I see fathers telling stories everywhere I look, often through a new breed of daddy sites like Rice Daddies or DadLabs.com."
May 27, 2009
Not So Perfect Parent: Dad Labs!
"America is seeing a fundamental shift in the role of men in parenting. Enter DadLabs, Inc., a start-up company dedicated to providing creative media content and information products to serve this new generation of 'Super Dads.'"
March 21, 2009
‘DadLabs’ Signs Six-Month, Six-Figure Sponsor: Baby Bjorn
"“We also think that our success points to an emerging trend in Web video: that niche players can find advertisers, even in tough times,” Mr. Nichols said."
Devil Is in Details for Web Video Deals: Creators Can Make Money, But Must Be Cautious About Contracts
"A number of independent Web video producers are indeed making a living on their Web videos, among them reporter Daryn Kagan, the producers of the series “DadLabs” and well-known Web talents like Amanda Congdon and the “Ask a Ninja” team."
December 1, 2008
"Last night was our big MeetUp in Austin, and it was a blast. The guys from DadLabs made the video above, which somehow manages to both mock and honor the event at the same time."
September 26, 2008
"I’m sitting across from Paul Kontonis from For Your Imagination and I wanted to plug Dad-o-Matic, but Paul is cooler than me, so he shows me DadLabs instead. Turns out he’s got over 200 videos already on the site by dads for dads. It’s really great to look at, and I highly recommend checking it out. Over 200 vids. Holy cats."
September 25, 2008
5 Questions With Daddy Clay from Dadlabs.com
"When I first began my blogging adventure one of the first websites I stumbled upon was Dadlabs.com. I’ve been a big fan of their videos for quite some time and needless to say I was excited and humbled when Daddy Clay agreed to do an interview for my readers."
August 27, 2008
Dadlabs: How To (Almost) Make A Business Out Of Web Video
"Everyone knows Web video is basically a money-pit. Then again, most people aren't trying to make money on Web video: They're tinkering around, primarily for their own amusement. But what if you tried really, really hard to turn a profit. Could you do it? Or at least break even? Three guys from Austin, Texas, are trying: Last fall they quit their day jobs as teachers to turn a hobby, Dadlabs, into full-time jobs."
June 16, 2008
A Place for Dads
"With the men doing as much of the heavy lifting in parenting as the women these days, never has there been a better time for suggestions, counsel, and the sharing of child raising war stories among guys. That’s where DadLabs comes in."
January 10, 2008
Jumping Monkeys 16: DadLabs
"This week we interviewed Clay Nichols and Brad Powell of the hilarious video podcast network, Dad Labs. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Leo Laporte Guests: Brad Powell and Clay Nichols of DadLabs."
September 22, 2007
Birth of A Father: A Guy's Guide To Having A Baby - Dad 2.0
From relief of performance anxiety to reviews of cool baby gear, a user's guide for the newest-model father-to-be, By Clay Nichols
June/July 2007
Where no woman has gone before: the Dadlabs.com interview
"I had a planets-and-stars-aligning moment while I was in Austin, TX attending SXSW. I met Troy Lanier, Clay Nichols and Brad Powell of Dadlabs.com. These talented, savvy, accomplished men are producing some of the funniest, best-quality parenting video around, and I had the pleasure of catching up with them for lunch."
March 23, 2007
Line of DVDs helps expectant dads survive the first steps into fatherhood
"Next in line will be a DVD releasing in July focused on the delivery room. Lanier says the video isn't going for a National Geographic effect but instead will give soon-to-be dads a picture of what to expect in the delivery room."
June 16, 2006
