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7 Great Ways For Dads to Support Education

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After the impact of the pandemic on students, it is more important than ever for parents to find ways to support education. According to a study by The Fatherhood Institute, during Spring 2020 (during lockdown) 78% of fathers spent more time with their children and 68% spent more time than usual on home-schooling and helping with homework. Research* also shows…

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Dad Chats Live - Mindfulness and Mental Health in our Children

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Dad Chats Live – Mindfulness and mental health in our children. This week, after Simone Biles stepped out of Olympics to look after her mental wellbeing. We wanted to discuss this important topic. If you’ve been around Dadvengers before, you will know that we think mental health and wellbeing is just as important as the physical. So we were 100%…
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Dad Chats Live - Pride Month How to be an Ally to the LGBTQ+ Community

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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…
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Dad Chats Live - The Great Benefits of Outdoor Play

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Dad Chats Live – talking about the benefits of outdoor play on our children’s development, health and well-being!With special guest Helen Stroudley from @peeplecentre The brilliant Helen Stroudley joined Nigel to talk about why playing outdoors is so important! It has a great positive impact on our health and happiness – and does the same for our children. Whether you just…
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Dad Chats Live - How To Cultivate Empathy In Our Children

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Dad Chats Live – Tonight we are talking about cultivating empathy in our children and why it’s so important with Shaun McInerney (@s.mcinerney) from @ashoka_uk. Ashoka is a collection of professionals who are working together to help children grow to be change makers – and make the world a better place for children now and in future. Shaun talks to us about how…
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Dad Chats Live - Children's Wellbeing, and How Parents Can Better Support Their Kids

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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…
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Dad Chats Live - Talking to Children about Mental Health

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Subjects: 1. Talking to children about mental health. As it’s children’s mental health week, we want to know how you plan on talking to your children about mental health and their feelings. Or if you’ve already started, how have you gone about it? 2. Has your understanding of mental health changed since becoming a parent? We all know that becoming…
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Dad Chats Live - Why It's Important to Play With Your Kids

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Subjects: This week were joined by special guest Susie Robbins who is a play advocate from @resolvetoplay. She talked about why it’s important to play with your kids from a young age. We know that in previous generations men stereotypically were not as involved in the early years experiences including play. However we now know that it enhances a child’s development…