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TOUGH LOVE AND BASKETBALL - #THERAPYTHURSDAYS
📅 #TherapyThursdays — Kendrick Lamar’s “Father Time” 📝 H2TW: Hip-hop Therapeutic Writing In his powerful track “Father Time,” Kendrick...
Dad Cypher
Aug 71 min read


Play It Back: How to Get Students to Write the First Draft
H2TW – Hip-Hop Transformative Tutoring and Writing: Transformative Tuesdays 🎧 Play It Back After watching Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and...
Dad Cypher
Jul 152 min read


H2TW - Therapeutic Thursday's - When Tough Love Turns Toxic: Rewriting "Father Time."
Kendrick Lamar's "Father Time" H2TW – Hip-hop Therapeutic Writing 🎤 Therapeutic Thursday Prompt "When Tough Love Turns Toxic: Rewriting...
Dad Cypher
Jul 102 min read


Dedicated to the Dads who feel they walk alone
Denzel Curry "Walkin" "I been walkin’ with my back to the sun..." – Denzel Curry I used to think chasing degrees and paychecks made me a...
Dad Cypher
Jul 21 min read


🎓 Parents Need to Stop Celebrating High School Graduation! 🚫🎉
🎓 Parents Need to Stop Celebrating High School Graduation! 🚫🎉 I hate high school graduations. Not because I dislike celebrating...
Dad Cypher
Mar 43 min read


Swing a Hammer at their Dreams
"Turn your vision into a mountain, then swing Thor’s hammer and make it a molehill." Teach students how to break down challenges and...
Dad Cypher
Feb 42 min read


Wanna Reach Your Students ? Be Jesus.
Educators come up to me all the time asking me why should they use Hip-hop Therapeutic Writing to boost their students' social-emotional...
Dad Cypher
Jan 302 min read


Season Greetings from DadCypher Edutainment LLC
#DadCypher #Fatherhood #Education #Hiphop #HiphopTherapeuticWriting
Dad Cypher
Dec 23, 20241 min read


🎤 "The DadCypher: Empowering Urban Dads Through Hip-Hop" 🎤
🚨✨ WEBINAR ALERT! ✨🚨 🎤 "The DadCypher: Empowering Urban Dads Through Hip-Hop" 🎤 📅 When: Thursday, November 21 🕐 1 PM EST📍...
Dad Cypher
Nov 18, 20241 min read


"Beyond the Hammer: Equipping Revolutionary Teachers to Build Emotional Intelligence in Black Youth"
Once upon a time, there was a little Black boy whose parents only had a hammer 🔨 in the toolbox. Whenever the little boy saw a loose...
Dad Cypher
Nov 11, 20242 min read


A Moment of Hip-Hop Therapeutic Writing History
✊🏾✋🏾🕊️ A hip-hop therapeutic classic, Geto Boys' “Mind Playing Tricks On Me”, touched on topics like paranoia, depression, and...
Dad Cypher
Nov 2, 20241 min read


How Students Transform Pain to Poetry & Prose
For more Edutainment Tips join: DadCypherEdutainment.com #Dadcypher #DadCypheredutainment #Atlanta #F1netune #hiphoppedagogy #hiphoped...
Dad Cypher
Oct 16, 20241 min read


How Teachers Show Students How to Become the Authors of their Life Stories
#thc2024 #dadcypher #dadcypheredutainment #sel #hiphoptherapy #hiphopeducation #atriskyouth #newteachers #atlanta ...
Dad Cypher
Oct 15, 20241 min read


How the Wobble Can Save Your Boring Lecture
As educators, we often view students as the equation that we must solve, especially when it comes to Social-Emotional Learning. We pull...
Dad Cypher
Sep 30, 20242 min read


Can Hip-hop Therapeutic Writing Foster Intentional Conversations?
Intentional Conversations EP 13 - TUESDAY When: Tue, 9/3 @ 7pm (CT) Where: YouTube & FB LIVE Direct Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/...
Dad Cypher
Sep 2, 20241 min read


Hip-hop Therapeutic Care Packages for your College Kids, Creative Expression and Reflection ✊🏾
Hey there, hip-hop lovers and wellness warriors! Welcome to Day 5 of our Hip-Hop Therapeutic Care Packages. Today, we’re diving into a...
Dad Cypher
Aug 25, 20243 min read


Connecting College-Bound Kids to Campus Resources: DadCypher Hip-Hop TherapeuticCare Packages (Part 2)
Hello, fathers continuing on the journey to empower your college-bound students! Welcome back to Part 2 of the "Hip-Hop Therapeutic Care...
Dad Cypher
Aug 22, 20242 min read


Connecting College-Bound Kids to Campus Resources: DadCypher Hip-Hop TherapeuticCare Packages (Part 1)
In today's chapter of our "Hip-Hop Therapeutic Care Packages" series, we delve into the vital concept of Building a Tribe for...
Dad Cypher
Aug 21, 20242 min read


Unlocking Your College-Bound Student's Future: Creating a Mobile Vision Board with Canva
Are you a father looking to help your college-bound student visualize their future in an engaging and dynamic way? If so, you're in the...
Dad Cypher
Aug 20, 20242 min read


📓 Day 2: The Dads Edition – Online Journals to Keep the Father-Child Bond Strong ✊🏾
Here’s a social media post promoting Day 2 of your blog series: 📓 Day 2: The Dads Edition – Online Journals to Keep the Father-Child...
Dad Cypher
Aug 19, 20241 min read
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