Mental health has been high on everyone’s agenda in the last year, particularly dads mental health. The pandemic has had a huge impact on mental health. Whether that has been through isolation, financial impact or the stress and anxiety of the situation. It has been really tough. Men’s mental health is something that we feel strongly about raising awareness of. A lot…
Dad Chats Live. This week we revisit the George Floyd murder one year on. In the weeks and months after George Floyd’s murder, everyone was talking about racial equality and the Black Lives Matter movement. One year on – we talked about whether anything has actually changed? Has the conversation carried on after the initial media focus? What has changed?…
Dad Chats Live – Work Life Balance. This week, we are talking about how we balance work and life. This can be the ultimate juggling act. Especially if you have a job that doesn’t support your family life. And with all the changes from the last year, so many of us are more used to being home. How are we…
Dad Chats Live – Postpartum Psychosis. This week we talked about Postpartum Psychosis with Simon O’Mara from @actiononpp. And what a fantastic an insightful session it was. Make sure you check out the videos below. Firstly we learnt that the condition is often misunderstood and many people have heard nothing about. It is also not to be confused with postnatal depression…
Investing for your child’s financial future can be daunting – with so many options, most parents aren’t sure where to start. This is a starting point to guide you through the (seemingly scary) subject of finance and savings. I didn’t learn about investment and savings as a child. There is a vivid memory of a friend telling me that I…
Dad Chats Live – 26 February 2021 the easing of lockdown. Well folks, here we go again! Boris made an announcement this week about the easing of lockdown, he laid out the roadmap to release us from the latest enforced stay at home situation! So, we thought we should delve into how we are all feeling. Is it a good…
Are you concerned that you and your partner aren’t on the same page? Do you wonder if your family think it is “all” worth it? It’s easy to get complacent, to think your family life is running smoothly. Then you turn around and discover too late that the solid foundations you thought you were building, aren’t as solid as you…
Subjects: Happy New Year 🎊🥂 It’s the first Dad Chat of 2021 and we are in the midst of another Lockdown. The thing is there are positive ways to look at National Lockdown. As we do with all our dad chats we broke the topic into 3 questions which we posed to the live audience. The 2021 National Lockdown. We…
Dad Chats Live - All About Christmas Traditions
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With Christmas just around the corner, we’d have been nuts not to talk about what your family Christmas traditions are! Do you sit around and sing carols? Who is the chef in your house, and whats on the Christmas menu? How do you mix your traditions with other peoples in blended families? Everyone does it differently, and we wanted to…
Until more recent years positive support for dads was a little bit of a taboo. Dads were less comfortable talking about needing or seeking help. Having worked as operations manager for Dad Matters a perinatal and parent/infant Mental Health project, I have experienced this first-hand. But things are changing. As part of our service, we aim to support dads to…
