i dunno. sounds like a grand plan to me. :P actually, my husband is a wonderful father. he wouldn't need the class. i just think it's cool that it's out there. if they had one for women it would be cool also.
:)
Michael
· 4 years ago
I disagree.
My wife and I had our first child almost a year ago. I took a class through the local hospital here and it was called, "Boot Camp for new Dads." I laughed at first, but took the class because I wanted to show the wife that I would be there for her and our new baby. And we took a prepared child birth class and it was so good, I figured this one would be the same. It was.
The most important thing I received from taking the class was there were new Dad's there that had 6 month olds. They told us everything they went through - from many late nighters, diaper changing and helping the new Mom. It was kind of reassuring to the new Dad to say the least.
Honestly, a lot of what they did and taught I could have learned on my own. But I know there were guys in there that were a little shell-shocked about becoming new dads and the class did a world of good for them and for me.
Rob
· 4 years ago
I'm probably just being touchy. Being a divorced father who's had to suffer through the biased-toward-mothers court system, custody proceedings and child support system I'm just a little bit bitter.
Plus, it seems like everywhere you turn these days you see men portrayed as lazy, sports-crazed couch potatos. You see it in movies, in television shows and in commercials. Perhaps the above mentioned program isn't exemplary of this stereotype, but it does exist.
slarrow
· 4 years ago
Maybe this class can be useful, but it also bugs me a little bit too. There's just a trace of condenscension about it, but I can't tell if it comes from the program or from the reporter's article.
As it happens, I've done a pretty fair job of adjusting to parenthood...but then again, I was 9 1/2 when my youngest brother was born. I'd been around babies a little bit. My wife, on the other hand, was an only child. The adjustment was harder for her. Even now, she's more prone to panic or worry than I am when it comes to our little Bear.
Experience matters, and I think classes like this may become more important as more and more parents come from only-child households or have siblings so close to them in age that they were never around babies.
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My wife and I had our first child almost a year ago. I took a class through the local hospital here and it was called, "Boot Camp for new Dads." I laughed at first, but took the class because I wanted to show the wife that I would be there for her and our new baby. And we took a prepared child birth class and it was so good, I figured this one would be the same. It was.
The most important thing I received from taking the class was there were new Dad's there that had 6 month olds. They told us everything they went through - from many late nighters, diaper changing and helping the new Mom. It was kind of reassuring to the new Dad to say the least.
Honestly, a lot of what they did and taught I could have learned on my own. But I know there were guys in there that were a little shell-shocked about becoming new dads and the class did a world of good for them and for me.
Plus, it seems like everywhere you turn these days you see men portrayed as lazy, sports-crazed couch potatos. You see it in movies, in television shows and in commercials. Perhaps the above mentioned program isn't exemplary of this stereotype, but it does exist.
As it happens, I've done a pretty fair job of adjusting to parenthood...but then again, I was 9 1/2 when my youngest brother was born. I'd been around babies a little bit. My wife, on the other hand, was an only child. The adjustment was harder for her. Even now, she's more prone to panic or worry than I am when it comes to our little Bear.
Experience matters, and I think classes like this may become more important as more and more parents come from only-child households or have siblings so close to them in age that they were never around babies.