by Dad Central | Jun 29, 2015 | Father Involvement, Moms, New Dads |
by John Hoffman We take fathers’ presence at the births of their children for granted now. But it was controversial when it first started 40-odd years ago. So, I salute the pioneers, the dads who pushed to be in the delivery room, and the many women – mothers and...
by Dad Central | Jun 16, 2015 | Father Involvement, New Dads |
by John Hoffman I’m old enough to be a grandpa, but I still remember parts of my earliest weeks of fatherhood like it was yesterday. Two things surprised me. One was how hard it was, at first, to be the kind of hands-on dad I had planned to be. The other surprise was...
by Dad Central | May 27, 2015 | Dads, Healthy Relationships |
by John Hoffman This might sound like a negative topic for a blog. But actually it’s pretty important. Raising children is an emotional experience. Positive emotions give us a good kind of energy that helps us connect with our kids and enjoy them. That helps us to be...
by Dad Central | May 19, 2015 | Infants, New Dads |
by John Hoffman Wanna build your baby’s brain? I’ve got two words for you: touch and interaction. We’ve been hearing about the importance of baby brain development for over 20 years. And it is true. Baby brains do a lot of important growing in the first few years of...
by Dad Central | Mar 30, 2015 | Father Involvement |
by John Hoffman I am by no means an expert on teenagers. Even so, I helped raise three of them and I’ve done a fair bit of research on adolescent development, including picking the brains of a lot of teenagers and young adults. Here are the three most important things...
