by Dad Central | Oct 21, 2016 | Dads, Infants, New Dads, Uncategorized |
By Lee Carnihan You’ll have enough on your plate in the first week without having to worry about what day it is. Time will become meaningless over the first few days and hours – it all blurs into one frankly – but we have to start somewhere and what better day to...
by Dad Central | Sep 1, 2016 | Dads, Infants, New Dads |
by John Hoffman Last June, the Huffington Post published a nice photo essay about fathers at the birth of their babies. They used a title that was total click bait: 35 Raw Birth Photos of Dads Welcoming Their Babies into the World. I usual ignore click bait but, since...
by Dad Central | Jun 15, 2016 | Dads, Father Involvement, Involved Fathers |
by John Hoffman I was intrigued, and a little amused, to see this headline the other day: “Fatherhood has changed my judging style: Simon Cowell.” Ha! So the famously critical celebrity judge, who has trashed all sorts of performers on shows like American Idol and...
by Dad Central | Jun 2, 2016 | Dads, Father Involvement, Healthy Relationships |
by John Hoffman Confessions of an un-hockey dad. The Stanley Cup final is on. And, while all kinds of Canadian fathers and kids will be sitting down to enjoy the series together, my boys and I won’t be among them. In some ways that’s surprising. I grew up watching the...
by Dad Central | May 18, 2016 | Dads, Father Involvement, Healthy Relationships, Involved Fathers, New Dads |
by John Hoffman The federal government recently floated the idea of changing Canada’s parental leave policies to include “Daddy Days.” That’s a chunk of paid parental leave that can be taken only by fathers. I’ll gladly add my voice to those who want to see the feds...
by Dad Central | Mar 1, 2016 | Dads |
by John Hoffman Let me tell you about my really bad day – as a dad, I mean. It took place some years ago when we were on holiday in New Brunswick. Our boys were 2, 6 and 9 at the time. That afternoon we’d stopped at Hopewell Cape to look at it’s...
