A Mini-Guide to Fatherhood Related Websites
Are you a busy working father or father-to-be looking for online sources of information, advice and support? We’ve compiled a mini-guide to various fatherhood-related sites, ranging from research into the science of fatherhood to a survival guide for working dads.
www.DAD.info
DAD.info is the most popular digital parenting club for dads in the UK, managed by the Family Matters Institute. It offers articles, newsletters, daily blogs, news, tips, competitions and a highly active forum community.
The Working Dad’s Survival Guide
Tom Beardshaw, who pens our ‘Parenting Tips for Professionals’ article this quarter, recommends this book and website by Scott Behnson with advice for fathers on ‘How to Succeed at Work and at Home’. Scott also writes a blog on ‘Fathers, work and family’.
National Childbirth Trust
Practical advice for prospective fathers about birth, labour and life with a new baby
Quick Tips for New Dad
A community of like-minded dads and expectant fathers who are passionate about being the best possible dads for their kids. Fathers can browse the website, download an iPhone app and access a free New Dad’s Survival Guide to help them avoid the painful learning curve all men go through.
Fatherhood global
A site dedicated to sharing the latest research into the science of fatherhood with parents who are keen to know about the biology of fatherhood and how they can influence their child’s development.
Dads4Daughters
15th March was national Dads4Daughters Day, a day on which all fathers of daughters everywhere were asked to pledge themselves to achieving greater gender equality in the workplace – the future workplace of their daughter. You can still take part in the Dads4Daughters Test, an implicit gender bias test designed to reveal your own unconscious gender biases.
Gingerbread for single parents
Expert advice and support for single dads on family life, work, parenting and the law and an online forum.
Stonewall’s Guide for Gay Dads
This comprehensive guide explains the different ways to become a dad – adoption, co-parenting, surrogacy, sperm donation and fostering. It also includes crucial information about legal rights as a father and some top tips, many from gay dads themselves, on being a dad.
Originally Released On 31 March 2017