Hello! My name is Eli, I am a deaf father of 3 hearing children. My family and I all communicate in British Sign Language (BSL). Sign Language is very important to me. At the age of 2, I attended the Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children, in London. They offered free BSL courses for parents, and my mum and sister signed…
This week we delve into a topic we are really passionate about – diversity and inclusion. Here at Dadvengers we are advocates of raising awareness of this important topic – so this week we jumped back in! The 22nd April is Stephen Lawrence day, and this year we wanted to mark the 29th anniversary of Stephen’s tragic murder by talking…
The Truth About Parenting My Autistic Child
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Hi, my name is Daniel, together with my wife Rosie we proudly parent two amazing, but very different boys who are 5 and 3 years old. Our 5 year old son Hayden is autistic, I want to tell you about parenting my autistic child. To let you know what has and hasn’t been helpful for us as a family. Hopefully…
This week’s chat marks the end of Black History Month 2021, so we revisited this important topic. We chatted to our community about what they’d learnt this month, We talked about the importance of sharing resources with other parents, and how some of our community shared resources with their children’s nurseries to help them educate other young minds. The chat…
To make the start of Black History Month we are delving into the topic of race and racism. This is something we talk about all year round at Dad Chats, but with this being Black History Month it is another great opportunity to talk about it. We chatted all about educating our kids, and ourselves on diversity, race and racism….
Dad Chats Live – as pride month comes to an end, we are joined by Kate from @lesbemums. We focused solely on the conversations this important month creates with our children. We chatted about how to talk to our children about sexual identity and gender – and when the best time is to start that conversation. Then talked about how…
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?…
Shaun McInerney tells us how to cultivate empathy in our children and why it matters ‘Don’t mess with that cupboard; its got poison in it; and poison is so dangerous, people can die if they drink it. What would Mummy and Daddy do without their little boy?’ The 3 year old boy looked at his Daddy and said, calmly, ‘but…
Dad Chats Live Childrens Wellbeing – This week we were joined by special guest Adrian Bethune from @teachappyuk, talking all about what he’s learnt in regards to children’s wellbeing and how parents can better support their kids. 1. Wellbeing – What is it and how can parents support their children? 2. Does your diet affect your wellbeing? Let’s talk about what…
This week on Dad Chats Live we delve into the important topic of caring for children with special needs. We asked you to help us understand what it is like parent non neuro-typical children and learning from our community on this subject was amazing. Whether you;re a parent of a child with special needs, working with families in this situation,…
