Tag: fatherhood involvement
The Current Conversation on Mentorship for Boys Excludes Responsible Fatherhood
Any national conversation about boys and men that does not center fatherhood risks misdiagnosing the problem and misdirecting the response.
Framing mentorship as a corrective for father absence must be handled with care. When mentoring programs are positioned as replacements for fathers rather than complements to parental involvement, they unintentionally reinforce a deficit narrative.
A Responsible Fatherhood Field Response to the New Executive Order on Child Welfare
The “Fostering the Future for American Children and Families” Executive Order’s emphasis on improving data systems, accelerating permanency, and strengthening partnerships creates an opening to bring fathers and paternal kin out of the margins. This is strategic. When fathers are engaged early, when their families are considered as viable kinship placements, and when agencies have the training to do this well, children experience less trauma, fewer moves, and faster pathways to safety and permanency.
Fathers in the Shadows: The Invisible Work of Showing Up Anyway
Not all father absence is abandonment. Sometimes, it’s the result of systems, silencing, or survival. And those nuances matter.
New “Dadication” Ads Aim to Inspire Responsible Fatherhood
A new series of public service announcements (PSAs) in English and Spanish have been created for this Father’s Day to highlight fatherhood involvement,