This week, we had an open mic night to talk about International Men’s Day 2021. Did you know it was International Men’s Day this week? Did you even know there is an International Men’s Day? We won’t lie… we weren’t aware of it until this week! And we didn’t see much about it in the media, or across socials –…
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…
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…
I’m a proud dad of two boys, Cillian and Ethan aged five and eight. Finding ways to build really strong bonds and great relationships with them as they grow has been so important to me. I’ve been able to use educational support and learning to be cornerstones to create and strengthen these bonds. Being a parent is not easy, as…
World Mental Health Day 2021 - My Journey With Mental Health and Why It's So Important To Talk
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Mental health is a subject that has always been close to my heart. Having suffered with my own mental health for a number of years, and watching the people I love experience their own difficulties, it is a topic I will always try to talk about. Today is World Mental Health Day. I want to use this day to share…
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….
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…
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…
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…
