Forums for dads - is there a fathering.com equivalent?

[JessieBird]

Hi there -

My DH would love something like mothering.com but where the participants are mostly dads and the discussions are dad-related. I showed him the Dads forum here but it's not very active. Can anyone recommend something similar? Ideally with AP values like mothering but not essentially.

Thanks!

[pianojazzgirl]

Oh sorry, I don't know. I saw the thread title and was going to suggest the Dads forum here. You should encourage him to post there though. The only way to get it more active is to use it!

[~Adorkable~]

I would say the same thing. If we want a place for our partners to be able to go, they just need to go and get it going.
I once asked the mens forum a question and got a very quick and thoughtful reply, so they are there. Maybe just waiting for a fresh mind to talk to!

[AllisonR]

Interesting question. My husband is webmaster, and has been for years, of the danish equivalent to MDC. He says on that there has been an active mens group, but it comes and goes, and never enough interest to really keep it going. I asked why, and he - very jokingly - said "men in general don't want to spend time on that (chat forums). They have way more important things to do." To which I replied "like what, watching football and playing WOW?" We both had a laugh. I think the real point was, guys generally don't need/want/desire... to chat online as much as women do, to find out ideas, solve problems, analyze all the little details... Yes, there are some guys, but not enough to sustain a large forum. I asked my DH what he would do instead. He said ask a colleague at work, or ask the doctor, or if it was a little thing then I wouldn't ask (meaning it wouldn't bother him maybe as much as it would bother me. And in reality, little bothers me. But it seems as a guy, even less bothers him. I guess. Now I am just writing in circles. I hope some of this makes sense.