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This Dad Can – Launch Event The event marked the launch of This Dad Can. The afternoon brought together industry partners and professionals to the fantastic venue, The Box at F.A.C.T, Liverpool. “The setting was perfect + relaxed + gave people the licence to talk, meet + relax in the event. Felt quite excited even before it began!” Attendees had the opportunity to see the website showcased, network and hear more about some of the fantastic offline offer at This Dad Can. It was a brilliant opportunity to learn of the vision and ethos behind This… Read More »This Dad Can – Launch Event

One Born Every Minute “Excuse me, are you Tasha and Jonny?”  “Erm, yes.”  “great, let me just give you your microphones – please wear these at all times…” This conversation is not the one usually had by heavily pregnant ladies and their partners when they arrive at the hospital to deliver a baby. I don’t think its normal to have selected what you will wear that day based on hiding your beer belly or looking cool. Usually, the birthing situation is pretty informal. Usually you’re preoccupied with having a baby and nothing else really matters,… Read More »One Born Every Minute

New Beginnings and New Challenges If you’re reading this, first off, well done, and if you’ve already got rug rats this won’t be new information but if you don’t, here it comes: It’s going to get a lot better, but before that, oh dear lord is it going to get worse! Finding out you’re going to become a Dad can come in a number of forms: completely out of the blue, as a massive relief, the news you definitely didn’t want to receive, and on occasion, weirdly cryptic. Like when your ‘co-copulant’ approaches you with… Read More »New Beginnings and New Challenges

Fathers Day – The Value of Dad We want to recognise the fantastic contribution of all the Dads this Fathers Day. So, we’re rewarding the first twenty This Dad Can forum contributors, with four months free premium membership when the content goes live. All entrants are required to register for a This Dad Can (TDC) account. Contribute to an existing TDC forum topic or start a new topic of your own. To qualify contributors must produce a relevant TDC discussion point (no spam or ads). So what are you waiting for? For full t&c’s head over… Read More »Fathers Day – The Value of Dad

This Dad Can – Business Launch This Dad Can is an innovative training programme to equip men for the challenge of their life- fatherhood. Why stumble your way through the most important role in your life, when you could learn from the experience of others and enjoy the process more. Invest in your family, prepare strategies and improve your resources with This Dad Can. This event marks the launch of This Dad Can. The afternoon will bring together industry partners and professionals. Come and see the website showcased, network and hear more about some of… Read More »This Dad Can – Business Launch

Dad’s & Postnatal Depression (PND) When I met my husband, I knew I wanted to get married, have babies & live happily ever after. I think we can all agree that the latter is easier said than done. Marriage is hard & isn’t always about being happy. I have never experienced it more so than when I had post-natal depression. Emma Isobel Sweeney arrived in September 2014. Chris & I navigated our way through parenthood as best as any new parents, getting used to sleep deprivation, guessing what our daughter needed when she cried for… Read More »Dad’s & Postnatal Depression (PND)

This Dad Can Contributor

Become a thisdadcan.co.uk contributor Read our blog, now want to be a contributor at thisdadcan.co.uk? Join our community of guest bloggers. thisdadcan.co.uk/blog is a blogger’s community. Being a community blog, we always encourage upcoming bloggers to contribute an original article related to the topic of our blog, in order to showcase themselves in front of a wide audience. The purpose here is to help you to reach out to a new audience base, share your experience, and perhaps most importantly, give something back. Blogging is a great way to help others who are soon to embark on some… Read More »Become a thisdadcan.co.uk contributor

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What the election means for your paternity leave. A look at the Manifestos. What the election means for your paternity leave. A look at the Manifestos. At This Dad Can we’ve been deep in political manifestos, to give you a roundup of how your future paternity leave may be impacted by the general election. Currently Paternity Leave consists of 1 or 2 weeks paid leave in the UK. This is stark contrast to Sweden offering 18 weeks, Iceland 12 weeks, Norway 10 weeks, Finland 8 weeks and Lithuania 4 weeks paid paternity leave.   However,… Read More »What the election means for your paternity leave.

This Dad Can - How to teach your child to

How to teach your child to… Ever typed ‘How to teach your child to’…. into Google, expecting to receive the golden answer? Well, the answer is; How you live your life, is the biggest lesson you will teach your child. No really, how you live your life, is the biggest lesson you will teach your child. As we lead up to Father’s Day, various companies are beginning to launch their father-centric ad campaigns. Along with Uncle Ben’s, McDonald’s has been one of the recent companies to launch its campaign. McDonald’s has come under scrutiny after… Read More »How to teach your child to? The answer we’re not looking 4

Orange Gorilla

Why the Gorilla, guys? At This Dad Can we’ve been asked by a number of you, “Why the Gorilla, guys?”. Male Gorillas are the largest primates in the world, with some recorded weighing over 35 stone. Often known for their brute force, dominance and for being muscular animals. However, despite these characteristics, they are also fantastic gentle patriarchs. The bond that a Silverback has with females forms the core of Gorilla life. Those bonds are sustained by grooming and staying close to one another. The relationship between the Silverback and its offspring is often also… Read More »Why the Gorilla, guys? Here’s the story behind the Gorilla