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Fatherhood
5 MYTHS OF FATHERHOOD
1. Only the expectant mother's feelings are important.
2. Newborns don't really need their fathers.
3. Men don't know how to care for young children.
4. Men who focus on their children can't make it in the work world.
5. You are destined to be just like your own father.
CHALLENGE the 5 MYTHS OF FATHERHOOD
1. Take time to reflect becoming (being) a father is affecting you.
2. Hold, rock, and talk to your newborn right from birth.
3. Learn how to change, naps, give baths, feed and be a part of daily life.
4. Consider what career compromises you are willing to make to gives time to your child.
5. Take what you like about your father (or other influential men) to create your own "dad identity".
1. Only the expectant mother's feelings are important.
2. Newborns don't really need their fathers.
3. Men don't know how to care for young children.
4. Men who focus on their children can't make it in the work world.
5. You are destined to be just like your own father.
CHALLENGE the 5 MYTHS OF FATHERHOOD
1. Take time to reflect becoming (being) a father is affecting you.
2. Hold, rock, and talk to your newborn right from birth.
3. Learn how to change, naps, give baths, feed and be a part of daily life.
4. Consider what career compromises you are willing to make to gives time to your child.
5. Take what you like about your father (or other influential men) to create your own "dad identity".
Suggested readings:
The Shirt off His Back, Parry "EbonySatin" Brown; One World Mass Market Edition, 2006
Becoming Dad Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood, Leonard Pitts, Jr.; Longstreet Inc., 1999
FATHERHOOD, Bill Cosby; Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1986Growing into a dad IS a state of mind that you, the man, have committed to work on & through daily.
10 Reasons WHY you matter:
1. You, too, can tuck in, teach how to ride a bike, assist with dating.
2. Your genes assist in making that puzzle- YOUR CHILD!
3. Your partner needs you in child rearing, as a sounding board, as head of the household!
4. You'll help raise brainy, socially oriented children.
5. Father-child closeness is a crucial in mental health stability awareness. You are their Guide.
6. Successful adults, particularly women, tend to have fathers that respect(d) and encourage(d) them.
7. Do well as a father, when its your child's time they will do well as a parent.
8. Father's positive presence assists children from serving jail time.
9. Father's positive involvement in a daughter's life helps her to be happier later. You are the blue print she uses in a committed relationship.
10. Father's presence helps their child's self- esteem elevate, friendliness shown, and having trust of others.
1. You, too, can tuck in, teach how to ride a bike, assist with dating.
2. Your genes assist in making that puzzle- YOUR CHILD!
3. Your partner needs you in child rearing, as a sounding board, as head of the household!
4. You'll help raise brainy, socially oriented children.
5. Father-child closeness is a crucial in mental health stability awareness. You are their Guide.
6. Successful adults, particularly women, tend to have fathers that respect(d) and encourage(d) them.
7. Do well as a father, when its your child's time they will do well as a parent.
8. Father's positive presence assists children from serving jail time.
9. Father's positive involvement in a daughter's life helps her to be happier later. You are the blue print she uses in a committed relationship.
10. Father's presence helps their child's self- esteem elevate, friendliness shown, and having trust of others.
