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Promoting Father Involvement in Childcare to Benefit Families

Learn about the Berlin Fathers' Centre and the Fatherhood Institute in London, and their work in supporting fathers and promoting involved fatherhood. Discover the benefits of involved dads for children, mothers, and fathers, and explore policy and practice suggestions to promote childcare by fathers.

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Promoting Father Involvement in Childcare to Benefit Families

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  1. MEN AND CHILDCAREICMEO, 18 October 2016 Eberhard Schafer (Vaeterzentrum, Berlin) Adrienne Burgess (Fatherhood Institute, London)

  2. THE BERLIN FATHERS` CENTRE: supporting fathers & caring fatherhood Founded 2007 Main funding: City of Berlin 3500-4000 clients p.a. Father-childactivities Counselling (mainlyseparatedfathers) Fatherhoodexpertise: lecturing, teaching/ professional training; writing

  3. Founded 1999 • UK-based • Research: e.g. fathers’ impact • Policy: e.g. advisors to the UK government • Professionals: father-inclusive practice • Direct work with fathers and couples (mainly the cascade model) • Work with employers and employees

  4. ACTIVITY 1: YOUR LEARNING GOALS(Delegates working in pairs . . .) Working in pairs, find out your partner’s learning goals for this workshop. Each person write their main goal on a sheet of paper from the pad given to us by the conference organisers Be prepared to communicate your PARTNER’S main goal to the whole room, if asked.

  5. Childcare by fathers: who benefits?

  6. Benefits of involved dads: children

  7. Benefits of involved dads: children Higher educational achievement Increased emotional security Higher social mobility and earnings relative to parents’Less risky adolescent behaviour Higher self-esteem and life satisfaction Greater capacity for empathy Less traditional gender attitudes More satisfying adult sexual relationships

  8. Benefits of involved dads: mothers

  9. Benefits of involved dads: mothers Greater life satisfaction Better mental health Less likely to separate Behave more positively towards their partner Parent more effectively Earn more

  10. Benefits of involved dads: fathers

  11. Benefits of involved dads: fathers Greater satisfaction with family life More positive health behaviours Live longer Less likely to divorce/separate More productive at work

  12. POLICY and PRACTICE suggestions to promote childcare by fathers

  13. BREAK (15 minutes)

  14. Learning Outcomes Having chosen four x clusters of questions from the consultation on Learning Goals early in the presentation, Adrienne & Eberhard explore these with the participants

  15. Workshop Recommendations Each Workshop needs to agree on three short main recommendations to be included in the Conference Final Declaration (no more than 250 characters per recommendation) The Final Declaration will be presented and adopted at the end of the conference with Ms Lydia Mutsch, Minister for Equal Opportunities.

  16. Workshop Recommendations Working in pairs, think about possible recommendations from our Workshop that will support childcare by fathers. Write TWO of these down – one idea from each person on its own sheet of paper Feed back to group discussion, as invited Hand in sheets to the workshop leaders

  17. GOODBYE and THANKYOU! Eberhard Schäfer:  eberhard.schaefer@vaeterzentrum-berlin.de www.vaeterzentrum-berlin.de Adrienne Burgess: a.burgess@fatherhoodinstitute.org www.fatherhoodinstitute.org

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