THE FATHERHOOD FORUM is a free, monthly, in-person and online parenting group that runs on the FIRST THURSDAY of every month from 7:00pm-9:00pm. The forum is offered as a community service to support people who identify with the fatherhood role to learn, teach, and share about their struggles and successes related to parenting. Contact me directly for address or login credentials.

Supporting Fathers

Our culture is rapidly changing. Our fathers (if we had them) are not always available to provide the guidance that we need to raise the next generation with compassionate vision.

If there were a man brave enough to say, "I want to be a great father, but I don’t know how," to whom would he address the statement? The fatherhood forum provides a place for parents to ask important questions, and get support.

Gender alignment is not MANdatory

Intentional parenting by single mothers or by constellations of loving parents that differ from a heterosexual or binary model of “mom and dad” can be very successful. If you find yourself curious about parenting and would like to discover more about fatherhood or parenting as shared through the lens of many different types of parenting figures then you are welcome at the fatherhood forum.

Celebrating Diversity

Some portion of the people who attend this group may be raising heterotypical boys and girls while some will be raising children who identify outside of the binary model. The fatherhood forum celebrates the uniqueness in each participant and the uniqueness in their children.

I am proud to offer a space that welcomes queer-identifying parents so that they can be an integrated part of a whole culture that is committed to excellent parenting.

 
 

Being a father is an important job!

 
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43% of US children live without their father [US Department of Census]

90% of homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes. [US D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census]

71% of pregnant teenagers lack a father. [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services press release, Friday, March 26, 1999]

63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes. [US D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census]

85% of children who exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes. [Center for Disease Control]

71% of high school dropouts come from fatherless homes. [National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools]

70% of juveniles in state operated institutions have no father. [US Department of Justice, Special Report, Sept. 1988]

Fatherless boys and girls are: twice as likely to dropout of high school; twice as likely to end up in jail; four times more likely to need help for emotional or behavioral problems. [US D.H.H.S. news release, March 26, 1999]

 

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