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North East Digital Village
Parent Place - Fathers
Why a Place Just for Fathers?
Why, when overwhelmingly, the number of single-parents who bear the responsibility of providing the day-to-day care of children are still women. Why, when it is still the woman in the majority of two-parent families who takes responsibility for providing and/or planning for the care of the children? Why, when mothers, employed outside the home or not, are still the parent staying home to care for children who are sick or have vacations, or need to go to the doctor? Why, when it's still mostly mom going to parent-teacher conferences?
Why? Because it is vital to children that both parents are actively involved in and taking responsibility for their care, their health, their education and their safety. Because building trusting relationships with responsible adults is one of the life's most important building blocks any parent can give his or her child - and trusting relationships are built day-by-day, slowly, over time, through small acts and caring moments, through sharing of beliefs and wonderment and through weathering frustrating failures and worrisome nights. Because being part of the child's life, watching the day-by-day successes, failures, bumps and triumphs is the mortar that binds parents and children together as family. Because the ability and affinity to belong to a family, to be responsible to one another, to show affection, regard and respect for members of the family projects outwardly to neighbors and to the community, and to civil behavior beyond the boundaries of the home.
Regardless of whether parents live together, are married or not - every child needs to know his or her father, needs their father to be someone who can care for them, who likes to be with them, who accepts them, who respects them, and who they can hug, talk to, argue with, play with and depend on - someone they are loved by and who they can love.
Why? So someday, we won't need to. So someday, we won't think or behave as if fathers are less important to children's growth or less capable as caretakers. So someday, we'll just think of fathers as parents. So someday, we'll teach children that what matters most is respect and regard for others - and yourself and that gender does not limit the capacity to love and nurture.
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Featured Sites
National Fatherhood Initiative
Welcome to the website for the National Fatherhood Initiative. A non-profit, non-sectarian, non-partisan organization, NFI conducts public awareness campaigns promoting responsible fatherhood, organizes conferences and community fatherhood forums, provides resource material to organizations seeking to establish support programs for fathers, publishes a quarterly newsletter, and disseminates informational material to men seeking to become more effective fathers - committed to increasing the number of children growing up with loving, committed and responsible fathers. . .
cite: fatherhood.org
Fatherhood Project
The Fatherhood Project is a national research and education project that is examining the future of fatherhood and developing ways to support men's involvement in child learing. Its books, films, consultation, seminars, and training all present practical strategies to support fathers and mothers in their parenting roles.
cite: fatherhoodproject.org
National Fathers' Network
Being a dad demands devotion, passion, and support. Men bring unique talents as well as expertise to the parenting process, and are critical to the health and well-being of their families. The National Fathers' Network (NFN) advocates for and provides resources and support to all men who have children with special needs.
cite: fathersnetwork.org
Parenting Magazine for Dads
Gone are the days of Ward Cleaver. Today's dad has new priorities. He wants a satisfying career and time with his family. He wants to be an equal partner. Not just a paycheck. Introducing the parenting magazine for fathers, for daughter-father relationships and father-son relationships.
cite: interactivedadmagazine.com
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Resources
- How fathers help kids grow
- 4 Dad.com: A innovative publication committed to providing resources for dads and dads-to-be.
- A Father's Journal: A heartwarming site containing personal essays of a father's journey into parenthood.
- American Coalition for Fathers and Children: Promoting the importance of responsible fathering in America.
- Dads and Daughters: This national nonprofit membership group for fathers with daughters offers tools & resources to strengthen our relationships with our daughters and to transform pervasive messages that value girls more for how they look than who they are.
- Divorced Dads: A support network dedicated to providing resources and advice to divorcing fathers.
- Father's Forum: Good site for fathers supporting other fathers.
- Father's World: Resource on modern-day fatherhood and its intricacies. Includes information on children's health, legal issues, and entertainment, news, articles, cooking tips, and an online shop.
- Father's World: This site is dedicated to helping father's with parenting skills, health and fitness, chat and more.
- Fatherhood Educational Institute: The purpose of the Fatherhood Educational Institute is to introduce and instruct indigent and incarcerated fathers regarding fatherhood through the use of clinical and related educational tools to promote fatherhood in poverty stricken neighborhoods.
- Fathering Magazine: An online parenting magazine focusing solely on fathering today's children.
- Fathering.com: Fathering.com is the web site for everyone who believes in the intrinsic value of effective, nurturing fathers.
- Fathers are Parents, Too: A coalition of mothers, fathers, grandparents and others working together to ensure the rights of children to have a loving, nurturing relationship with both parents and their families.
- Fathers First Online!: Dads check out the unique fathering tips and advice by the Fatherly Advisor, reviewed resources, articles and much more at Fathers First.
- Fathers Mentoring Fathers: Our purpose is to support, encourage, and enlighten today's dads. From a single dad to a father of five, newly married or divorced.
- Fathers Raising Children: Site dedicated to helping fathers stay involved with their children by providing support and information.
- Fathers Resource Center: We provide information, education and support focused on positive parenting. THE site for fathers of all ages, wed, unwed, never married, divorcing, parenting alone, or grandparents parenting again.
- Fatherville.com: Fatherville is a online community where fathers from all walks of life can learn from one another. Includes articles written by real fathers relating their own personal tips, tricks, and traps.
- FatherWork: Stories, ideas, and activities to encourage generative fathering.
- genetica.com: A DNA Parentage Testing organization.
- National Center for Fathering: A family-focused site emphasizing the importance of inspiring men to be better fathers, thereby strengthening the American Family. Includes chat, discussion forums and links.
- National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families: An organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting children in fragile families by enhancing the involvement of fathers.
- The Divorced Dads' Page: A resource center for divorced fathers who want to remain a vital part of their children's lives.
- The Fathers Rights Foundation: A page dedicated to the fight for fathers rights, focusing on the ideal that kids need dads too.
- The Trials and Tribulations of Fathers-to-be: For Fathers-to-be who have many questions about birth and life after the baby comes home, this article is informative.
- Women For Fatherhood: Check out the bulletin board, scheduled chats and free information that regularly updated.
- Worcester Dads at Home: Developed to help bring together house-husbands and fathers who stay at home to bring up their children.
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