Daddyshome, Inc.
Helping Fathers Help Their Families
Providing Education and Social Networking in the Washington Metro Area, Since 1998
Daddyshome, Inc. is a tax exempt corporation comprised of several localized sub-chapters, whose vision is to provide help and support to fathers who decide that being the primary caregiver for their children is the right choice for them and their families.
Started by just two dads in 1998, who decided to stay at home to care for their children, Daddyshome currently has four sub-chapters. DC Metro Dads, covering DC and Northern Virginia, Montgomery County Dads in Maryland, Bowie Area Dads in Maryland, and Howard County Dads, also in Maryland. We encourage and will support endeavors to start new chapters, if none of these are in your reasonable proximity.
Daddyshome sponsors many activities, including playgroups, social networking, Dad's Night Outs, Education via our website and email lists, a national stay-at-home fathers convention, and family activities. We also aim to help fathers cope with the sense of isolation that many feel because of the choice to stay at home with their children.
We wish, also, to dispel the negative stigma attached to fathers who want only to help their families in the best way they can, and to be the voice for stay at home fathers. We hope to erase the days where a father is looked upon with suspicion when they are with their kids at the local playground, and is in fact celebrated as someone who is doing work that has a real impact on the future of our world.
It's easy to join. Just go to our website, and follow the instructions to join. This will put you onto the yahoo groups email list, which is a primary tool we use to network, keep abreast of what is going on with other members, and when and where there will be a MeetUp, etc. Once on the email list, you can send messages out to the rest of the group, i.e. an "I'm new here," type of message, or questions about kids/babies, etc.
Our discussions range from parenting, to politics and just about everything in between. We keep it civil, but try not to discourage any topics, as it is our philosophy that at-home parents need to talk about many things and not just parenting.
To find out more, contact Mike Stilwell at fleetsuper@msn.com or Matt Vossler at mattvossler@comcast.net or Peter Steinberg at steinbergfamily@yahoo.com