Why we need fairer policies for mums and dads: Guardian video

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News

New study shows father-inclusive perinatal classes improve births
New research has shown that Family Foundations – the brief series of classes for first-time parents offered in the UK by the Fatherhood Institute – improves birth outcomes as well as easing the transition to parenthood. 

Children’s centre managers: don’t miss our last free seminar!
We are offering FREE places at a seminar, ‘A FATHER-INCLUSIVE APPROACH TO SUPPORTING COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS AND CO-PARENTING’, to be held on 13 March at The Priory Rooms in Birmingham. 

Parenting programmes ignore dads and waste money, say FI and Yale
Including dads could boost child outcomes and save taxpayers’ money, says global research review The Fatherhood Institute and leading experts from US and UK universities say a ‘game change’ is needed in the commissioning, design and evaluation of parenting programmes, to get fathers more involved and thus improve child outcomes and value-for-money. 

As Nick Clegg denounces ‘Edwardian’ work attitudes, FI tells parenting ‘experts’ to move out of the 1950s
The Fatherhood Institute is calling for a major new resource for new parents to be redesigned to reflect the reality of modern families – and powerful evidence that children do best when they are securely attached to more than one caring adult. 

Training

Case study: Hit the Ground Crawling at St Edmund’s Children’s Centre in Bradford
Staff at St Edmund’s Nursery and Children’s Centre in Bradford undertook Fatherhood Institute training to run Hit The Ground Crawling, a peer based mentoring course for expectant and new fathers.  

Dad Factor INSET training for schools
The Dad Factor is a package of INSET training for schools, family learning and extended school services and the staff who work in these settings including head teachers, teachers, learning assistants, mentors, family learning teams, community education staff, school nurses and counsellors. 

FI Training: Dad Factor mini-conferences for schools
Sample template for a Dad Factor mini-conference A strategic event for up to 50 delegates: including head teachers, teaching staff, learning mentors, extended services and family learning practitioners. 

FI Training: Dad Factor one-day course for schools
The Dad Factor – Involving Fathers in schools and children’s learning: One-day course Why is engaging fathers so important?