Caring Dads is for men who want to change the way they parent. We help you to identify your strengths as a father and develop practical strategies to make positive changes in your parenting.

This isn’t about shame or judgment. It’s about reflection, growth and building stronger relationships with your children, their mothers, and other care-givers in their lives.

Many fathers are likely to benefit from participation in this program, but especially men whose relationship with their children or children’s mothers is problematic. This may include over-controlling, over-involved, distant and/or irresponsible, emotionally abusive fathers or fathers who have hostile, highly conflictual, or abusive relationships with the children’s mothers.

Over the 17-week course, we will look at:

• Your own experience of being parented and how it influences you now
• Your relationship with your child’s mum and the impact of this on your child
• Different stages of child development and what children need at each stage
• Replacing harmful practices with nurturing, empathetic parenting

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Please note that participants need to be referred by a professional working with you and/or your family. This could be a family support worker, school professional, health professional, social worker, probation officer or welfare support worker.