Why should dad’s play more? Put simply, play is great for us all! Playing with your child is connecting with your child, and is one of Dadvengers 10 tips on being a good dad. Making a connection builds a sense of belonging, of feeling loved, being safe and understood. It’s important for dads to play more than older generations, and…
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…
Becoming a parent Becoming a parent is something no one can ever prepare you for. People can tell you what it’s like and the challenges you will face, but you don’t truly know until it happens. Or how a good parenting group can be essential support. As a first-time mum, I gave birth to my son in September 2019. Me…
This week we talk all about the aspirations we have for our kids. Other than wanting our children to be happy and healthy, what do we want for them? Do we want them to be a star athlete? A world renowned doctor? An artist? Musician? We all have hopes and dreams for our children – we want to know what…
Subjects: On this Dad Chats session we discussed the most important things we should be teaching our kids. As we do with all our chats we broke the topics into 3 areas. One thing your parents told you that actually came true. Our parents always claimed to be giving us such sound advice, but half the time we didn’t listen….
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…
Not many films have made it into cinema’s this year which is why we jumped at the chance to do a Wonder Woman 1984 review. DC have been under pressure to re-ignite the fans passion for the movie franchise after a one or two below average performances in recent years. With Wonder Woman being one of the most popular characters…
Keeping the little ones busy at any time is hard enough, but on the run up to Christmas it can get super tricky. The festive excitement and the cold wet weather outside mean the kids are bouncing off the walls, climbing the Christmas tree and swinging from the fairy lights. That said, the dark midwinter can be the perfect time…
Dad Chats Live – 27 November 2020, the best support and resources for dads. This week we were joined by the brilliant Kieran Anders from @dadmattersuk. Dad Matters is a brilliant community organisation who aim to help dads have the best relationships possible with their families. They also support dads with anxiety, stress and mental health issues. One thing that…
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…
