by Dad Central | Mar 24, 2016 | Father Involvement, Infants, Single Dads |
by John Hoffman It’s not often that a 47-year-old guy, who wasn’t really planning on fatherhood, ends up as the full-time single parent of a four month-old baby. That’s what happened to George* (not his real name) last year. Right now he’s on parental leave, looking...
by Dad Central | May 19, 2015 | Infants, New Dads |
by John Hoffman Wanna build your baby’s brain? I’ve got two words for you: touch and interaction. We’ve been hearing about the importance of baby brain development for over 20 years. And it is true. Baby brains do a lot of important growing in the first few years of...
by Dad Central | Nov 24, 2014 | Dads, Father Involvement, Infants, New Dads |
by John Hoffman I’ve often said that fathers have to play catch-up in early parenthood. Mothers get a biological and social head start at parenting and that’s just the way it is. Breastfeeding is one of the things that gives moms that head start. And breastfeeding is...
by tuval | Sep 11, 2014 | Dads, Father Involvement, Infants |
Engaged fathers sometimes struggle to see themselves reflected in popular culture. At the same time, fathers who are struggling to engage with their kids don’t often see positive role-modeling or inspiration around them. With that in mind we wanted to share this...
by tuval | Jun 17, 2014 | Father Involvement, Indigenous Fathers, Infants, Young Dads |
If you’ve been reading about Alex over the past 18 months you’ve witnessed him growing into his role as a young father and how he’s received support from and given support to his family and loved ones. In this, the fourth installment in this ongoing...
by Dad Central | Oct 4, 2012 | Father Involvement, Infants, New Dads |
If there were no children, we wouldn’t be fathers, right? So we can talk all we want about how mothers and fathers work things out, or the roles that fathers want to play, but really it all comes down to the kids. The best way to learn about kids is through...
