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EDUCATION & SUPPORT FOR NEW DADS

Step into fatherhood informed, relaxed, and engaged.

Build a strong foundation during the first three years and secure a lifetime of mental wellness for your child.

Bring your best self.

From 0 to 3 your child develops the fundamental thinking, feeling, and people skills essential to a lifetime of mental wellness. Dads, as primary engagers, play a critical and distinct role in building this foundation.

StrongStart™ Programs help you understand your kid’s mental development, babyproof your relationship, and start fatherhood informed, relaxed and engaged.


StrongStart™ Dads have spoken:

95%

consider StrongStart™ “very helpful” and “very worthwhile.”

80%

report StrongStart™ has positively impacted their relationship

88%

apply skills they’ve learned in StrongStart™ at home

What Parents are Saying

Our Leadership

We are scientists, researchers, and parents dedicated to helping men become informed, conscientious, and engaged dads.

Connecting Research and Practice

Through collaboration with academic and community partners, we advance research into paternal perinatal preparation, mental and relationship health, and children’s longterm well-being.

Cover page titled "Father Focused Perinatal Education: Better Outcomes for Babies and Mothers" dated April 1, 2023, authored by WeiWei Chan, Samantha Hysa, Ben Swett, and Bill Monro. Features an abstract wave design in blue and orange at the bottom.

A scoping analysis on the benefits of perinatal paternal education for fathers, mothers, and children.

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Confident Dads, Confident Kids

We are leaders in providing research-backed education, support and advocacy to help new dads navigate fatherhood and set their children up for lifelong mental wellness.

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“Study after study shows vast benefits to perinatal fatherhood education on dads, moms and babies— and yet there continues to be a lack of resources designed for dads. Early Engagement was founded to change that.”

—Ben Swett, Founder & Executive Director of Early Engagement

EDUCATION & SUPPORT FOR NEW DADS

Learn the important stuff, backed by research to make things go better.

DadTime™

Where infants & toddlers play freely and dads relax & connect with other dads

StrongStart™ for New Dads

Begin engaging to support a healthy pregnancy and thriving child.

StrongStart™ Practice

Practice and gain awareness of habits that build confidence, trust, and flexibility for you and your child.

For the new dad in your life, give the gift of StrongStart™