Resources
At-Home Dads Resources
| THE FATHER LIFE - The Men's Magazine for Today's Fathers: www.thefatherlife.com |
| Family and Home Network educates the
public about at-home mothers,
at-home fathers, and those who work part-time or work at home. Publishers
of the award winning monthly newsletter, Welcome Home. Join our efforts to make public policies fair to parents who provide child care for their own children. http://www.familyandhome.org/ |
| Slowlane.com is an online resource for Stay-at-home-Dads (SAHD) and their families. Established as a reference, resource and network to assist fathers who have made (or are considering) the decision to stay at home and raise their children. Slowlane.com is operated as a free service for Dads and at-home-Dads. http://www.slowlane.com |
| At Home Dad Network The At-home Dad Network is a loose-knit, grassroots organization for primary care Dads who want to start up or join any activity to help connect with at-home Dads. http://www.athomedad.net |
| Maryland Dads: Welcome to Maryland's premier online community for stay-at-home Dads. Here, at-home fathers can meet, share stories, ideas, and parenting information, and find camaraderie among a diverse group of Dads sharing the joy of raising their children. http://marylandDads.com |
| BOBYSBoutique.com is an online boutique started by a local SAHM. It features custom made and one of a kind children's clothing. |
| Life Blender the Blog: http://www.lifeblenderblog.blogspot.com/ |
| Serving the Louch family worldwide: www.louch.org |
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Tampa Area Dads - At Home: We are a group of Dads in the central Florida area who stay at home to take care of our children, families, and our homes. If you would like to meet with a group of supportive Dads who may share your lifestyle, chores, frustrations, and victories; this may be a group for you. We plan to meet for informal sporting events, lunch, playgroups, or other wholesome activities. You can reach us by email at ch10dad@yahoo.com or visit our group page at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TampaDads |
| All Experts: A full time stay at home father with a Masters in Social Work, offers advice or answers questions from fathers (or mothers) who are staying at home with their kids or thinking about staying at home with their kids. I can help the person connect with other fathers in their area or offer advice on how to reduce the isolation. Also, I can offer tips on things to do with the kids and on discipline matters. http://www.allexperts.com/displayExpert.asp?Expert=37338 |
| Online Playgroup is an Internet resource for finding, starting, and managing a playgroup or parents' group. We have an extensive directory of playgroups and parents' groups around the world, plus practical information for starting a playgroup and a variety of free online tools for playgroups. Visit our site for a web-based calendar, books, kits as well as our very popular weekly articles on starting and managing playgroups. http://www.onlineplaygroup.com |
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| Activities & resources for families in the Washington, DC Metro area http://www.our-kids.com/index.html |
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For all kinds of
resources, including a virtual summer camp fair running January through
June 2005
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| PG Parents Club: This is a site for parents and their kids living in Prince Georges County, Maryland. The Parents Club shares information and provides a resource for organizing local events and activities. We have playgroups for the 0-4 age set, links for places to go with infants and toddlers and more! http://www.pgparents.org or go to their yahoo groups page at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pgparents/ |
| New Austin Dads group: Austin's Stay at Home Dads http://austin-sahds.tripod.com/ |
| Washington Parent Magazine The most trusted parenting publication in the Washington Metro area in print, online and at special events. http://www.washingtonparent.com/index.htm |
Resources for Fathers:
Children's Rights Council (CRC)
National Center on Fathers and Families (NCOFF)
Dads Against Discrimination
Fathers' Rights & Equality Exchange® - FREE Institute for Responsible Fatherhood & Family Revitalization
National Center for Fathering
National Congress for Fathers & Children (NCFC)
National Fatherhood Initiative
National Fathers' Network (NFN)Fathering.com
Fathers First
Fathers Rights! Resources and Links
Fathers’ Resource Center
Homework Central's "Must See" Links
National Men's Resources
Single Dad's Index
United Fathers Forum
Sites for Parents:
Books on being a stay-at-home Dad from Amazon.com:
Go to www.amazon.com and search books for Stay at Home Dads. There are about 95,000 results!
Resources for Working Moms of At-Home Dads
| DC MAWDAH (Moms at Work, Dads at Home) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dcmawdah |
| MAWDAH (Moms at Work, Dads at Home) mailing
list. This discussion list (formerly MDAH-list) was started in July 1998
as a place for working mothers to support and commiserate with each other as
our husbands have assumed the primary caregiver roles for our children. For
more information, or to join this group send an email to; owner-mawdah@sportsstats.com |
| Parent's Place: An informational web
site for all aspects of parenting. Geared toward women, the site has discussion boards of great interest to the wives of stay at home Dads. Part of the iVillage family. http://www.parentsplace.com/ |
| When Breadwinner is Mom: http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-ppbreadwin |
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A message board for spouses who travel often: http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-pptravelalot
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Other Sites for Moms:
Christian Stay-Home Mothers Forum
Hearts At Home
iVillage and iVillage/UK
Millbrook Area Playgroup
Mothers At Home
Parents At Home
Parent's Resource for Mothers
Post Partum Depression Survey
Real Women USA
San Diego Mother
Second Wives Club, The
UK Mums Online
Other Resources
| Site with college saving info: http://www.savingforcollege.com |
| THE BREASTFEEDING CENTER FOR GREATER WASHINGTON 2141 K Street, NW, Washington, D.C.20037 The Breastfeeding Center for Greater Washington is an innovative center for new and expectant families that offers free classes for all stages of breastfeeding, infant massage, private consultations and home visits by a certified lactation consultant, bra fittings and the largest selection of nursing bras in the D.C.area, breastpump sales and rentals, and a comprehensive selection of accessories for the breastfeeding family. Our hours are Mon-Fri, 8:30 – 5:00 and Sat, 10:00 – 4:00 www.breastfeedingcenter.org |
| For product recalls, go to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (their slogan: Saving lives and keeping families safe). |
Sites for Grandparnets:
AARP Grandparent Information Center
GrandsPlace
Grandparent's Resource Site
Places of Interest in the area
| Splash Playground and Miniature Golf A totally unique splash playground and two beautiful championship miniature golf courses in Central Park at South Germantown Recreational Park are ready for you! The golf courses are beautifully landscaped and will test your skills unlike any other golf course. No windmills here! http://www.mc-mncppc.org/parks/activities/splash_announce.shtm |
| Follow this link to the Washington Post's Entertainment Guide: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artsandliving/entertainmentguide/?nav=left |
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