STRONGSTART™ FOR NEW DADS
Learn the important stuff, backed by research to make things go better.
In three live-online sessions, learn proven tactics to build confidence, baby-proof your relationship, and build a lifetime of mental wealth for your child.
✓ Understand Child Development
✓ Babyproof your relationship
✓ Connect with other new dads
Three lively sessions to step into fatherhood with confidence
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Session I: The Playbook
• Child development 101
• Dads's role in early learning
• “Babyproofing” your relationship (includes take-home exercises)
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Session II: The Successful Child
• Develop confidence and people skills
• Manage predictable challenges
• Become the dad you want to be
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Session III: Daduation
(when baby is approx. 4 months)
• Introduce your baby to your Team of Dads
• Stay on the same team
• Get answers to all of those new questions
Why Smart Dads Choose StrongStart™
Build your child’s mental wealth during the critical first three years
Understand your vital role in their mental development and build the thinking, feeling, and people skills that will make your child successful in school, at work, and in relationships.
Join the brotherhood of fatherhood
Connect with a cohort of other new dads to share challenges and triumphs. Research shows prenatal paternal preparation benefits dads, babies, and moms.
Become a stabilizing presence
Don’t wing it or play from behind— learn what’s coming, stay in command, and model a sense of confidence and calm that will shape your child’s mental health for the rest of their life.
Babyproof your relationship and steer clear of common conflicts
Your relationship is your child’s environment. Steer clear of common issues and model healthy behavior even when it’s 3 am, the baby’s crying, and you’re deciding where to spend Christmas.
Your StrongStart™ Instructor
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Founder & Executive Director of Early Engagement
Ben studied RIE directly under Magda Gerber acolyte Elizabeth Memel. In the two decades since, he has helped hundreds of dads unlock the tools of respect-based parenting. He has also been a leading advocate for the role dads play in cultivating their kids’ confidence and mental wellness.
