The Clothespin - The Official CHEER DADS Blog

Showing Up Matters

Showing Up Matters

Cody Boyd

The most important thing you’ll ever bring to a cheer competition isn’t in your backpack.  Pretty much every cheer dad has a backpack. It’s usually borrowed from your favorite athlete,...

Showing Up Matters

Cody Boyd

The most important thing you’ll ever bring to a cheer competition isn’t in your backpack.  Pretty much every cheer dad has a backpack. It’s usually borrowed from your favorite athlete,...

Presence Over Pace - A New Movement

Presence Over Pace - A New Movement

Cody Boyd

The vision is simple: Cheer gyms around the world, organizing their own Mat-Side Milers - Dads moving together in their own communities, while staying connected to a shared identity.

Presence Over Pace - A New Movement

Cody Boyd

The vision is simple: Cheer gyms around the world, organizing their own Mat-Side Milers - Dads moving together in their own communities, while staying connected to a shared identity.

The Best Inheritance

The Best Inheritance

Cody Boyd

Inheritance.  This is the word often associated with what we leave behind for our kids. Sadly, this is generally referenced in the context of financial or property transfers from parent...

The Best Inheritance

Cody Boyd

Inheritance.  This is the word often associated with what we leave behind for our kids. Sadly, this is generally referenced in the context of financial or property transfers from parent...

Reclaiming My Narrative

Reclaiming My Narrative

Cody Boyd

Fatherhood comes at you fast. And before you know it, your TV time is spent watching adults parade around in colorful costumes while making word salads about the letter “M”....

Reclaiming My Narrative

Cody Boyd

Fatherhood comes at you fast. And before you know it, your TV time is spent watching adults parade around in colorful costumes while making word salads about the letter “M”....

Preparing to Launch

Preparing to Launch

Cody Boyd

Fatherhood is a funny thing. It's the most amazing promotion a man could receive, yet is full of all the same things we feel in our careers.  It involves effort...

Preparing to Launch

Cody Boyd

Fatherhood is a funny thing. It's the most amazing promotion a man could receive, yet is full of all the same things we feel in our careers.  It involves effort...

The Cheer Season Checklist

The Cheer Season Checklist

Cody Boyd

For me, summer is about being outside in the sun, spending time at the beach, and late night ice cream. However, like all good things, this season must come to...

The Cheer Season Checklist

Cody Boyd

For me, summer is about being outside in the sun, spending time at the beach, and late night ice cream. However, like all good things, this season must come to...