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 your child’s mental wealth.
✓ Understand Mental 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
• Developing confidence and people skills
• Managing predictable challenges
• Becoming 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
• Staying on the same team
• Answers to all those new burning 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
With decades of experience in respect-based parenting, Ben is passionate about arming new dads with tools to navigate the transition to fatherhood. His passion for teaching stems from the belief that confident dads and healthy relationships help nurture confident and healthy children.
