A father completes TFP’s father engagement survey while holding his young daughter at MGH’s Vincent Obstetrics. “Expectant fathers contributions have been understudied, and efforts to capitalize on their motivations have been minimal.”[i] Last week, The Fatherhood Project’s Director Ray Levy and Director of Programs John Badalament attended the National Institute of Child Health and Human …
Last month, TFP Director Ray Levy wrote a blog post about dads at the dinner table for our partners at The Family Dinner Project. “Where’s Dad?” I would ask night after night. “When will Dad be home?” “Is he coming home for dinner?” Dinner. Many decades ago, family dinner was predictable and expected and there …
Research shows that fathers not only have the capacity for care giving, but that children benefit directly from dads’ parenting contributions. Findings from the rapidly growing science of early childhood and early brain development show the positive, lifelong impact fathers can have by being positively engaged early in their children’s lives. The beneficial outcomes for …
On June 16 at 8 p.m. EST, The Family Dinner Project will be hosting a Twitter chat devoted to the topic of Dads at the Dinner Table, along with The Fatherhood Project and Stay at Stove Dad. We’ll be talking about the impact dads can have at the family dinner table. Follow TFP on Twitter or follow the hashtag #dinnerdads on …
The Fatherhood Project is excited to be participating in The First 1,000 Days Study with several collaborators from across Massachusetts General Hospital, MGH Health Centers, and other community partners. This promises to be a landmark study of the role early childhood interventions can play in reducing obesity and overweight risk in families and their children. …