by Dad Central | Jun 16, 2015 | Father Involvement, New Dads |
by John Hoffman I’m old enough to be a grandpa, but I still remember parts of my earliest weeks of fatherhood like it was yesterday. Two things surprised me. One was how hard it was, at first, to be the kind of hands-on dad I had planned to be. The other surprise was...
by Dad Central | Mar 30, 2015 | Father Involvement |
by John Hoffman I am by no means an expert on teenagers. Even so, I helped raise three of them and I’ve done a fair bit of research on adolescent development, including picking the brains of a lot of teenagers and young adults. Here are the three most important things...
by Dad Central | Mar 23, 2015 | Father Involvement |
by John Hoffman What are the character traits of a good father? Well, you could pluck almost any word from a list of virtues and make a good argument for it. Reliability, responsibility, love, kindness, integrity, compassion, fairness, self-discipline: all are...
by Dad Central | Feb 20, 2015 | Father Involvement, Healthy Relationships, New Dads |
by John Hoffman You know how they say babies don’t come with an instruction manual? Well, neither do new moms. And a really important part of being a good dad is understanding and supporting the mother of your children, a task that can be very challenging in the early...
by Dad Central | Dec 10, 2014 | Dads Programs, Father Involvement |
There is momentum for fathering programs in the Regent Park Community in Toronto. As part of their program planning that includes increasing father involvement, Parents For Better Beginnings is having a number of Dads & Kids Days in the winter: sledding in...
by Dad Central | Dec 6, 2014 | Father Involvement, Healthy Relationships |
In honour of White Ribbon Day, Canada’s national day of remembrance and action on violence against women, I’d like to highlight the role that nurturing, involved fathers can play in making society safer for women. Along with everything else we do in pursuit of that...
