What is Baby Buddy 2.0 There’s an old saying that goes: “You can get there quickly alone, and further together.. Well there is a new app that provides support for New Dads. In 2011, Best Beginnings conceived the idea for an app that supports parents on their journey through pregnancy until their child’s first birthday. Ten years on, Baby Buddy…
Dad Chats Live: Talking about male cancer – do you look after yourself? This week is Orchid Male Cancer Awareness week, so tackled this topic head-on. We know some men find it difficult to talk about male cancer. But this is another topic that is so important for us to talk about. Did you know that prostate cancer (98%) and…
Dad Chats Live - World Suicide Prevention Day
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Dad Chats Live: Talking about World Suicide Prevention day. Mental health is something we are passionate about here at Dadvengers. So it was only right that we talk about World Suicide Prevention day. This is a topic that really hits home for a lot of our community, and we were so grateful to them for joining us for this important…
In 2020, 5224 people took their own lives and of that figure 3925 were men. At the time of publishing these were the latest official ONS figures available. Suicide is the second biggest killer of men under fifty. Roughly 75 men in the UK take their own lives every week. That’s 75 fathers, brothers, sons, uncles, nephews, and friends. This…
Dad Chats Live: Talking about youth mental health. With Tuesday being Youth Mental Health Day, we wanted to talk about how we support our children to have good mental health. We talk a lot about supporting our own mental health and wellbeing, but do we have enough focus on our children’s mental wellbeing? We delved into the topic with some…
Aviva have scrapped paternity leave! They realised it was an outdated and unfair system. So they changed it! Anthony Fitzpatrick, Head of colleague Experience and Employment Policy at Aviva tells us about the change to the entitlement. And Rob Simpson, a dad who works at Aviva, shares his story of taking all the time he needed to adjust to being…
Dad Chats Live – Equal Parental Leave. Today we were joined by Rob Simpson who works for @avivauk. Aviva have scrapped paternity leave, two weeks just aren’t enough – Aviva recognised this and have an excellent new policy. At Aviva all staff are entitled to equal parental leave when they have a child. This means that fathers can take up to…
Dad Chats Live – Talking about consent and children, This week we jumped into the topic of consent. This is something that we believe every parent should be talking to their children about. We know that some parents don’t find this topic easy to discuss, and we wanted to break through the discomfort and give some great advice on how…
The truth about fertility treatment for women is that you never think it will happen to you. At 19 I met the man I was going to marry, and ultimately go on a journey that would mean we would become parents – hopefully. Jeremy had always insisted we waited until after we got married to start a family. So, the…
Our lives were ticking along nicely, and we were super lucky with all we had achieved together. But nothing could of prepared us for the journey to come and fertility treatment for men. My wife and I had been living the dream through our 20’s! With travelling, growing our careers, buying our first home and having the dream wedding. The…
