A new posting on the DadCentral.ca addresses the particular challenges facing Aboriginal dads within the historical trauma experienced in their communities. It discusses how accepting the challenges of parenting can assist in building self-esteem and a sense of personal pride through the experiential learning of the parenting process.
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Harvard University’s Filming Interactions to Nurture Development (FIND) program uses video coaching to strengthen positive interaction between caregivers and children. It uses select clips of adults engaging with children to reinforce developmentally supportive interactions, known as “serve and return”, developing skills by building on caregivers’ existing strengths and capabilities.
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The “Give Love, Get Love” report explores “the positive roles that fathers, organizations working with diverse fathers, and the fatherhood sector in Ontario, can play in promoting gender equality, healthy, equal relationships, and ending violence against women in all its forms.”
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Dad Central Ontario has produced a toolkit for dads to restore their relationship with their partner and stay connected as a couple.
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Study: in homes where fathers share in domestic routines, daughters more likely to aspire to higher-paying professional careers.
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Hands-On Dad is the second in a series of booklets promoting positive parenting skills and the wellbeing of families from the Parenting for Life program, produced by Today’s Parent magazine and The Psychology Foundation of Canada.
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MenCare is a global fatherhood campaign, engaging men as non-violent, caring fathers. Access their poster templates, customize them to suit your programming, and use them to create buzz in your community about embracing and supporting fatherhood and men’s caregiving.
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Parenting programs for Aboriginal dads are few and far between in Canada. Although they have proven to be a valuable tool, and can result in positive outcomes for Aboriginal families, a new study found just 35 programs across the country that specifically serve Aboriginal fathers.
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Fatherhood is Forever is one of a series of resource booklets that have been produced by the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH) in partnership with the First Nations Health Authority.
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Since attending the Tobacco War webinar last month we’ve had fathers on the brain. Click here to learn about paternal depression in the postnatal period and its association with behaviour and mood behaviours in children at age 3.
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