This ebook introduces you to a book that has the potential to help you have even more impact in your work with dads. The book is called The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact. Written by brothers Chip Heath and Dan Heath, the New York Times Bestseller draws on research about how to create meaningful, memorable experiences in the lives of individuals— others’ and even your own. The Heath’s point to four ways to create such experiences, what they call “defining moments”: 1. Elevation 2. Insight 3. Pride 4. Connection. A key concept to remember is that a…
In this report originally appear as a chapter in the book "Unequal Family Lives: Causes and Consequences in Europe and America" published by Cambridge University Press, Richard Reeves argues that we should care about family gaps because we care about poverty and inequality, and because we care about intergenerational mobility. Policy interventions may influence both of these, but more often aim at one more than the other. He argues for policies of two kinds with regard to family stability, applicable to the United States and most European countries: Prevention and mitigation. Preventing…
For incarcerated fathers, prison rather than work mediates access to their families. Prison rules and staff regulate phone privileges, access to writing materials, and visits. Perhaps even more important are the ways in which the penal system shapes men’s gender performances. Incarcerated men must negotiate how they will enact violence and aggression, both in terms of the expectations placed upon inmates by the prison system and in terms of their own responses to these expectations. Additionally, the relationships between incarcerated men and the mothers of their children change,…
Working with young men in groups can be a valuable way to create space for young men to focus on their identities as fathers. However, group work can be challenging to initiate and sustain. Community groups for young men who are fathers are quite resource intensive, which may pose challenges to the third-sector groups who run them, particularly as state provision is rolled back and the third sector is being required to enter that space. Skilled workers are integral to group work where positive role models need to be carefully facilitated and toxic aspects of masculinity challenged. This…
Fathers are critical to their children's growth and development. Research on the involvement of men with their children stresses the important role that fathers play from infancy to adolescence. Due to the ethnically diverse population of fathers in America, culture and context frames the nature of fathering and shapes expectations within a cultural milieu. The book offers a wide range of vantage points–social work, family studies, marriage and family therapy, counseling, sociology, psychology, gender studies, anthropology, cultural and ethnic studies, urban studies, and health. There are…
Print/Outdoor Ads, PSA
To inspire and support fathers everywhere, the Ad Council, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse launched a series of print public service advertisements (PSAs) to encourage dads to recognize the critical role fathers play in their children’s lives through something as simple as a dad joke. These media files can be used for billboards, magazine placements, and bus shelter PSAs. This print PSA features a girl laughing with the tagline, "This moment brought to you by dad."
Print/Outdoor Ads, PSA
To inspire and support fathers everywhere, the Ad Council, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse launched a series of print public service advertisements (PSAs) to encourage dads to recognize the critical role fathers play in their children’s lives through something as simple as a dad joke. These media files can be used for billboards, magazine placements, and bus shelter PSAs. This Spanish-language print PSA features a young girl smiling with the tagline, "#ChistesDePapa."
Print/Outdoor Ads, PSA
To inspire and support fathers everywhere, the Ad Council, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse launched a series of print public service advertisements (PSAs) to encourage dads to recognize the critical role fathers play in their children’s lives through something as simple as a dad joke. These media files can be used for billboards, magazine placements, and bus shelter PSAs. This print PSA features a young boy laughing with the tagline, "#DadJokesRule."
Print/Outdoor Ads, PSA
To inspire and support fathers everywhere, the Ad Council, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse launched a series of print public service advertisements (PSAs) to encourage dads to recognize the critical role fathers play in their children’s lives through something as simple as a dad joke. These media files can be used for billboards, magazine placements, and bus shelter PSAs. This Spanish-language print PSA features a boy laughing with the tagline, "Este momento es presentado por papa."
Print/Outdoor Ads, PSA
To inspire and support fathers everywhere, the Ad Council, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse launched a series of print public service advertisements (PSAs) to encourage dads to recognize the critical role fathers play in their children’s lives through something as simple as a dad joke. These media files can be used for billboards, magazine placements, and bus shelter PSAs. This print PSA features a young girl laughing and covering her face with the tagline, "This moment brought to you by dad."
