Dad Links

Our mission:

To conduct life impacting programs for fathers and their children through the use of education, support and activities.
To provide information and assistance to professionals who provide services to fathers and their children
The Australian Camp Connect Association is ALL about Dads & Kids. We are committed to helping ensure that the relationship that fathers [or significant males] have with the children in their life is one based on 'engagement', active participation, fullfillment, trust, respect, love and of course ... some serious fun!

Camp Connect is for ALL fathers, whether you are married, separated, single, divorced, repartnered, stepfather or a godfather. You may be an uncle or just someone who finds themselves with a special child in your life ... it doesn't matter. The only thing that does matter is that you you want to make a long-term positive difference to the child[ren] in your life!

We are a Not For Profit Incorporated Association, based in Victoria that was founded for the following purposes;

To run programs that will provide life impacting positive outcomes for ALL fathers [ or significant males ] and their children.
Where there has been family breakdown, to re-establish the vital bonding between these fathers and their children.
Through education, affirm and empower fathers of the vital role they have to play in raising their children.
To educate fathers of the significant impact that they can make on child development outcomes and provide them with the necessary parenting skills that will enable them to produce positive long-long term development outcomes with their children.
To empower fathers with practical & creative tools to be able to communicate, interact and play with their children at different levels.
To facilitate children connecting with their fathers at a deeper level and improve in their level of communication, confidence and self esteem.
Camp Connect is founded on serious life strategies - through specialist programs that are realized in a camp environment. Camp Connect provides an opportunity to bring dads and kids together to connect - in a unique way… by having serious fun.

How does it work? That's easy - just grab the kids, your sleeping bag, torch... and enjoy!

Dictionary for Dads arose amid concerns of every day fathers who sought to
promote their knowledge, education ,experience and resources as it pertains
to becoming an excellent father. As an organization our goal is to assist
Dads in raising happy healthy children.

Our belief is that Dictionary for Dad's will provide resources and
information which will be fundamental in helping men make informed
decisions based on education, research and practical experience all
provided by Dictionary for Dad's. In doing so this will not only reinforce
the male role model in our society it will increase the social welfare of
children throughout the world.

We understand that parenting is often complex and confusing with many
variables including but not limited to nutrition, medical, psychological,
developmental, environmental, marital, social and academic. It is our aim
to provide every dad with education, information and resources for all
dilemmas when they occur.

Dictionary for Dads believes that the label of a "dad" is one which is
earned not one that is provided through the birth of a child.

Yoga Babes is about enjoying your changing body and family – giving you the mental and physical tools so you can adjust with as much ease as possible to enjoy, love and nurture your baby and yourself. Choose from:

Yoga for Exhausted Mumzzz
Pre-natal yoga classes and courses
pre-natal yoga classes and courses
Private Mothers Groups workshops
baby yoga and infant massage
natural childbirth workshops for couples
teacher training workshops

Mother Me is far more than just a book, it reveals ways to approach and enjoy motherhood without losing the old YOU.

Structured as a self-guided course to take at your own leisure,
Mother Me is a sanctuary for the spirit and a practical retreat from the demands of your amazing new journey.

An Australian support site for parents & families of premature babies. You will find useful links to all things for premature babies including clothing stores, support sites, birth stories, galleries, personal blogs, journeys through the NICU & much more.

Birthing Sense has produced a 3x DVD Series that makes sense of your pregnancy, birth and early parenting experience.

Leanne became frustrated with the number of new parents who were unable to attend regular prenatal education sessions, or attended a one-off ante-natal class.

Mother of 2 and a member of Australian Breastfeeding Association for 10years, Leanne has been the primary producer, photographer and editor for a Project that brings all of the professionals to you.

She has gathered informative interviews from independent Midwives, Early Childhood Nurses, Doctors, a Naturopath, Dietician, Physiotherapist, Yoga Instructor, Genetic Counsellor, Massage therapist, Veterinary assistant and Parents to offer their suggestions about Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting over 3 DVDs to give new parents the opportunity to have a birth class in their own home, in their own time, and with as many support people as they choose- and to revisit the education as many times as they feel they need to.

Through the sale of the Birthing Sense Birth Education Series, Leanne has had a vision to help support you through ABA, as well as many of the young fistula women in third world countries.

DaddyPlace.com is a well established and active community of Dads. Probably the busiest site and biggest Dad community I've seen out there.

They have a wide range of resources and activities including polls & competitions. They also have some 'real life' events such as poker nights, etc.

Worth checking out!

This is the web-site for America's Mr Dad. An author of many best-selling books and popular in many well known publications, Armin Brott has been described as the 'superdad's superdad'.

Realistic, positive and humorous, his work is well worth checking out.

He also does a podcast at:
http://www.mrdad.com/daddycast-guest/index.php

If you have iTunes you can subscribe to the podcast directly using the following link:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=1792360...

A very very well done "Web 2.0" style community for parents. Some really brilliant community-building features, and a vibrant, active community of participants.

Based around the concept of parent-submitted advice.

Definitely worth a visit and participation. Very impressive.

A great site with lots of information on being a Dad. Very much focused on stay-at-home Dads, but the information on there is relevant to any Dad.

Relatively new, but building up resources and members quickly.

They also have forums and blogs for stay-at-home Dads.