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 Resources
for Fathers
We can provide dynamic speakers for your
fatherhood groups.
New part time Fatherhood
and Urban Programs Coordinator is Mr. LeMar Bowers. Call to
schedule as a speaker for your group.
NEW Program:
Boot Camp for New
Dads for expectant first time dads at 4
Richmond area Hospitals thanks to generous grant from:
The Community Foundation - Richmond, Anthem, and Dominion (link
here)
We
also partner with Midnight Basketball League and with Henrico County
Fatherhood programs.
Father
Resources: Aug. 19, 2007: FTF wins one of 60 national grants
from National Fatherhood Initiative.
Letters
from Dad
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It has been six years since Greg Vaughn
lost his father to Alzheimer’s.
“I remember it like it was
yesterday,” said Mr. Vaughn. “I know my dad loved me
because he made sure our family was taken care of, but he
never could say ‘I love you,’ or ‘Son, I am proud of
you.’ That void left a hole in my soul.”
As Mr. Vaughn was going through his
father’s things he kept looking for something left from his
dad to him. The only thing he found was a rusty old
fishing tackle box.
“I was mad at my dad for dying,”
said Mr. Vaughn. “I was mad at myself for not trying
harder to connect with him. I started to throw that old
fishing box in the trash and then I decided to see what was
inside. There, I found the remains of my father –
fishing lures. As I felt myself getting angrier, a
question popped into my head, ‘Hey big shot, you are out
here mad at the world, if you were to die here in the garage,
what would your wife and children hold in their hands tomorrow
that would let them know they were the treasures of your
life?’”
For
remainder of article link here Why not write a
letter to your children for this father's day to let them know
how special they are to you?
Contributed by First Things
First, Chattanooga, TN www.firstthings.org
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Here
are some sobering statistics: According to the Center for Disease
Control, Department of Justice, Department of Health and Human
Services and the Bureau of the Census, the 30 percent of children
who live apart from their fathers will account for 63 percent of
teen suicides, 70 percent of juveniles in state-operated
institutions, 71 percent of high-school dropouts, 75 percent of
children in chemical-abuse centers, 80 percent of rapists, 85
percent of youths in prison, 85 percent of children who exhibit
behavioral disorders, and 90 percent of homeless and runaway
children. In fact, children born to unwed mothers are ten times more
likely to live in poverty as children with fathers in the home.
The
causal link between fatherless children and crime is “so strong
that controlling for family configuration erases the relationship
between race and crime and between low income and crime,” notes
social researcher Barbara Dafoe Whitehead. More to the point is the
following comment from a counselor at a juvenile-detention facility
in
California
, which has the nation’s highest juvenile-incarceration rate:
“[If] you find a gang member who comes from a complete nuclear
family, I’d like to meet him... I don’t think that kid
exists.”
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Churchgoing Urban Men Tend to be Better Fathers and Spouses, Finds
New U.Va. Study:
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Aug.
19, 2007: Fatherhood Resource Center Kiosk
Richmond area
partners: may
request to host the mobile FRC Kiosk for a
week or two. Call 288-3431
DADDY PACK™ FOR NEW DADS These
come in an attractive small packet.
Kids need their dads right from the start! That's why we created the
Daddy Pack™ for new dads; we know just how important it is for
dads to be involved in their child's life. We believe that the
resources provided in the Daddy Pack will help each dad prepare for
the greatest job he'll ever have - being a great DAD.
Each Daddy Pack™ includes these great resources for new dads:
"So You're a New Father or About to Become One,"
"Keeping Your Child Safe from Newborn to Toddler," and
"10 Ways to Be a Better Dad" brochures, as well as an
interactive CD-ROM with fathering information.
Find out more at: http://www.fatherhood.org/iwwida.pvx?;products_no_tree?cat=CD%20ROMS?comp=NFI
To be a host site for the FRC
Kiosk for an event please send request to:
info@
FirstThingsRichmoond.org with
no spaces or call Bob Ruthazer@ 288-3431.
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