DadTalk Blog

The DadTalk blog features insights from dads and Responsible Fatherhood practitioners from around the country. Its goal is to start conversations about important issues surrounding fatherhood and programs for fathers today.

Feb 11, 2020

Happy New Year! Making the New Year meaningful with your Children.

Welcome to 2020, a new year and a new decade! The new year is a great time to teach children about making meaningful resolutions, starting new habits, and planning meaningful activities. Think about creating some traditions that they can pass on…

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Patricia Littlejohn

President

South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families

Kenneth Braswell

Executive Director; Project Director

Fathers Incorporated; National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse

Rick Johnson

Founder and Director

Better Dads

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Jun 15, 2020

Father’s Day 2020: Launch of the NRFC Virtual Collaborative Community and the New Fatherhood.gov!

On June 21, the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC) will launch its Virtual Collaborative Community (VCC) and redesigned Fatherhood.gov site. Practitioners will have new options for engaging with peers and keep up with the latest information in the Responsible Fatherhood field.

Virtual Collaborative Community

The NRFC Virtual Collaborative Community is here to help strengthen responsible fatherhood programs, practitioners, and all who work to support fathers, families, and children. As a…

Apr 9, 2018

Working with the Head Start Community

Family strengthening is a topic that has always been a part of the Head Start vision, and the past two decades have seen a growing recognition of how important Dads are to this process. For example, take the 2017 Father/Male Engagement Appreciation Breakfast held by Union Baptist Head Start in Baltimore, Maryland. This event truly embodied the best practice of showing fathers they are needed and appreciated. It also served to uncover Dads’ wants and needs for services. As the Master of Ceremony for the event, it was exciting for me to facilitate a spirited conversation to find out what…

Aug 18, 2014

Three Big Benefits Fatherhood Buzz Brings to Community Organizations

Do you need publicity or foot traffic for your fatherhood program, barbershop, or other community organization that serves families and dads? There’s a great opportunity coming up for you.

All year long, community organizations, program providers, and local businesses have been benefiting from supporting the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse’s Fatherhood Buzz outreach program. Here are a few major ways programs and local businesses are benefitting from Buzz.

1: Free Publicity from Local Media Outlets One of the biggest benefits of Fatherhood Buzz…

Jun 5, 2012

Increasing Collaboration in Support of Non-Custodial Parents

One of the most important and biggest lessons learned over the past five years working in the fatherhood field is that “You can’t do it by yourself.”Over the last decade or so, both synergy and energy have revived a renewed interest in looking at the issues facing Non-Custodial (mostly fathers) parents. The 2006 federal funding of Responsible Fatherhood programs did much to stimulate the capacity of the field to serve fathers. Because of it, we are excited about the promise of federal funding. The $75 million for Responsible Fatherhood and $75 million for Healthy Relationships and Marriage…

Featured Authors

Patricia Littlejohn

President

South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families

Kenneth Braswell

Executive Director; Project Director

Fathers Incorporated; National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse

Rick Johnson

Founder and Director

Better Dads

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