Community like MDC for Daddies?

[rosie_plus_one]

My DF is looking for his own little community to join - I think he's jealous of the hours I spend in this one. Is there a good one that's totally focused on being a daddy?

TIA

[MeghansDad]

When my DW was preg. i went on a major hunt for a dads community or message board to get the real scoop. Sad fact is there is not one that i found that is all dads. Sure other boards had dad sections but they were very few and they are very inactive. The dads area on this board sees way more action than all the rest i checked out put together. If he is looking for a place to hit dads up for info or support and for whats its worth im here and im sure there are a bunch of other guys on the MDC. Tell him to just register and jump in!

[bjorker]

This relates to my biggest beef with MDC, by far... and the magazine. Why the :censored call it "mothering". ???! I thought the point was the natural bit... why take such a step in making it sound so gender-specific. My partner is interested in this stuff too... I've had to explain what the magazine is about a few times and why I don't understand the name. That sort of thing really bothers me.

So yes, men... please join! :D

[loomweaver]

I've been trying to get my DH to join MDC for a while now...
He always is interested in everything that I read and whenever we have confusions about something, he'll say "do a forum search...."

[dtrenck]

My DF is looking for his own little community to join - I think he's jealous of the hours I spend in this one. Is there a good one that's totally focused on being a daddy?

TIA

Well hopefully this won't constitute board spamming since your question is pointed, but anyway - yes there is a community that is totally focused on being a daddy - Brand New Dad - http://www.brandnewdad.com

Regards,

Dave

[SunRayeMomi]

Dave, I clicked and it's not working...?

[zaadad]

there is a really good forum, but it has been dead for a while called celebrating fathers...

http://www.celebratingfathers.com

It has been inactive for about a few months. It would great to enliven it again. It even has cool arcade games.

CR

[Ragana]

Try looking for stay-at-home dad boards.

[Bella'smamma]

dh and I were just talking about this today.
I will encourage him to check out the dad forum.

thanks,
cecily

[changa]

I come to this board, I haven't found any others I like...

[mblanford]

I have been all over the internet looking for good forums to discuss fathering. Unfortunately I have been very disappointed with what I have found. The few I have found seem more focused on baby gadgets, materialism, sports and financial matters. That stuff just does not interest me. We just need to get more men to use the MDC dads forum as well as everything else on MDC. It has been a tremendous resource for me.

Michael
The Tiny Revolution (http://www.thetinyrevolution.com)

:goorg: :xnocirc: :msling: :cd: :fambed21

[MonsterBoy]

Well, I'm here. I may be atypical, but I'm not really looking for dad-specifical discussion. We don't have a whole lot of gender-role stuff in our home (bfing an obvious exception :) ).

The reasons for the mom-centered nature of this site are pretty obvious, and understandable.

First, there's already a "Parenting" magazine. (On that subject, I hate that verb. "Mothering" is as much an attitude as a verb, and people usually use it semi-jokingly. People who refer to their parental activities as "parenting", however, often annoy me. Nothing personal.)

Second, I believe studies have shown (and I'd have believed anyway from annecdotal experience and my observation of human nature) that women tend to use discussion/support forums more than men. Men are more likely to use fan forums, with more casual interpersonal relationships, or tech-type forums, where one can get help with specific problems. That's just how men tend to relate, for better or worse; sisterhood involves hugs and hand-holding, brotherhood involves nods of recognition and veiled-affectionate insults. :)

Not everyone wants what i want, however, and I did find this site: http://daddytypes.com/

What I saw of it looked pretty good. I especially liked the list of NYC establishments with changing tables in the men's room. (Too late for me, since we'd started ECing, but a great idea nonetheless!) :)