TIMES.KY

Cayman Islands, Caribbeanand International News
Thursday, Mar 28, 2024

FRC Offers 'Fathers First' Sessions

FRC Offers 'Fathers First' Sessions

The Family Resource Centre (FRC) begins its initial Fathers First programme of the year on Monday, 1 February 2021.
The 10-week group sessions, running each Monday, are designed to enhance and support the skills and behaviours of fathers living apart from their children. Started in 2012, the course was set up to support men’s parenting in the household or following divorce and separation.

“The goal of this course is to enhance and support positive parenting by providing participants with the skills and tools for maintaining long-term relationships with their child or children,” explains FRC’s Programme Coordinator Mrs. Charmaine Miller.

“Our interactive sessions encourage input from participants and are specifically designed to benefit the participants and the women and children in their lives,” she adds.

Subjects discussed during the sessions include parenting responsibly, managing children’s behaviours, building a strong support network and overcoming barriers to fathering.

Fathers First is FRC’s response to helping redress the increasing number of children living apart from their biological fathers and the need to strengthen the role of fatherhood in nuclear families.

“Children need their fathers, fathers need their children but parenting doesn’t come with an instruction manual,” says Programme Facilitator Mr. Andrae Bailey.

“The course offers evidence-based strategies to parent effectively. Each session will actively involve fathers in identifying ways for improving their parenting skills and how to address challenges to effective parenting. This is not a course where the facilitator has all the answers, participants are also encouraged to share and come up with practical solutions,” he added.

Research overwhelmingly supports the benefits of father involvement for children, families and the community. Studies also strongly point to the wider benefits men themselves gain from active fathering. Nurturing/present fathering not only enhances the well-being of men it is shown to improve the economic and social welfare of children and mothers. In fact, in some cases the absence of a father is shown to be a major factor in the increase of delinquency and violence.

The FRC confirms that it will offer its Fathers First programme as often as demand dictates. In order to limit barriers to access, free childcare, meals and other inducements will also be available.

For more details and to reserve a place, please contact 949-0006 or email frc@gov.ky.

The Family Resource Centre (FRC) begins its initial Fathers First programme of the year on Monday, 1 February 2021.

The 10-week group sessions, running each Monday, are designed to enhance and support the skills and behaviours of fathers living apart from their children. Started in 2012, the course was set up to support men’s parenting in the household or following divorce and separation.

“The goal of this course is to enhance and support positive parenting by providing participants with the skills and tools for maintaining long-term relationships with their child or children,” explains FRC’s Programme Coordinator Mrs. Charmaine Miller.

“Our interactive sessions encourage input from participants and are specifically designed to benefit the participants and the women and children in their lives,” she adds.

Subjects discussed during the sessions include parenting responsibly, managing children’s behaviours, building a strong support network and overcoming barriers to fathering.

Fathers First is FRC’s response to helping redress the increasing number of children living apart from their biological fathers and the need to strengthen the role of fatherhood in nuclear families.

“Children need their fathers, fathers need their children but parenting doesn’t come with an instruction manual,” says Programme Facilitator Mr. Andrae Bailey.

“The course offers evidence-based strategies to parent effectively. Each session will actively involve fathers in identifying ways for improving their parenting skills and how to address challenges to effective parenting. This is not a course where the facilitator has all the answers, participants are also encouraged to share and come up with practical solutions,” he added.

Research overwhelmingly supports the benefits of father involvement for children, families and the community. Studies also strongly point to the wider benefits men themselves gain from active fathering. Nurturing/present fathering not only enhances the well-being of men it is shown to improve the economic and social welfare of children and mothers. In fact, in some cases the absence of a father is shown to be a major factor in the increase of delinquency and violence.

The FRC confirms that it will offer its Fathers First programme as often as demand dictates. In order to limit barriers to access, free childcare, meals and other inducements will also be available.
Newsletter

Related Articles

TIMES.KY
0:00
0:00
Close
Paper straws found to contain long-lasting and potentially toxic chemicals - study
FTX's Bankman-Fried headed for jail after judge revokes bail
Blackrock gets half a trillion dollar deal to rebuild Ukraine
Israel: Unprecedented Civil Disobedience Looms as IDF Reservists Protest Judiciary Reform
America's First New Nuclear Reactor in Nearly Seven Years Begins Operations
Southeast Asia moves closer to economic unity with new regional payments system
Today Hunter Biden’s best friend and business associate, Devon Archer, testified that Joe Biden met in Georgetown with Russian Moscow Mayor's Wife Yelena Baturina who later paid Hunter Biden $3.5 million in so called “consulting fees”
Singapore Carries Out First Execution of a Woman in Two Decades Amid Capital Punishment Debate
Google testing journalism AI. We are doing it already 2 years, and without Google biased propoganda and manipulated censorship
Unlike illegal imigrants coming by boats - US Citizens Will Need Visa To Travel To Europe in 2024
Musk announces Twitter name and logo change to X.com
The politician and the journalist lost control and started fighting on live broadcast.
The future of sports
Unveiling the Black Hole: The Mysterious Fate of EU's Aid to Ukraine
Farewell to a Music Titan: Tony Bennett, Renowned Jazz and Pop Vocalist, Passes Away at 96
Alarming Behavior Among Florida's Sharks Raises Concerns Over Possible Cocaine Exposure
Transgender Exclusion in Miss Italy Stirs Controversy Amidst Changing Global Beauty Pageant Landscape
Joe Biden admitted, in his own words, that he delivered what he promised in exchange for the $10 million bribe he received from the Ukraine Oil Company.
TikTok Takes On Spotify And Apple, Launches Own Music Service
Global Trend: Using Anti-Fake News Laws as Censorship Tools - A Deep Dive into Tunisia's Scenario
Arresting Putin During South African Visit Would Equate to War Declaration, Asserts President Ramaphosa
Hacktivist Collective Anonymous Launches 'Project Disclosure' to Unearth Information on UFOs and ETIs
Typo sends millions of US military emails to Russian ally Mali
Server Arrested For Theft After Refusing To Pay A Table's $100 Restaurant Bill When They Dined & Dashed
The Changing Face of Europe: How Mass Migration is Reshaping the Political Landscape
China Urges EU to Clarify Strategic Partnership Amid Trade Tensions
Europe is boiling: Extreme Weather Conditions Prevail Across the Continent
The Last Pour: Anchor Brewing, America's Pioneer Craft Brewer, Closes After 127 Years
Democracy not: EU's Digital Commissioner Considers Shutting Down Social Media Platforms Amid Social Unrest
Sarah Silverman and Renowned Authors Lodge Copyright Infringement Case Against OpenAI and Meta
Italian Court's Controversial Ruling on Sexual Harassment Ignites Uproar
Why Do Tech Executives Support Kennedy Jr.?
The New York Times Announces Closure of its Sports Section in Favor of The Athletic
BBC Anchor Huw Edwards Hospitalized Amid Child Sex Abuse Allegations, Family Confirms
Florida Attorney General requests Meta CEO's testimony on company's platforms' alleged facilitation of illicit activities
The Distorted Mirror of actual approval ratings: Examining the True Threat to Democracy Beyond the Persona of Putin
40,000 child slaves in Congo are forced to work in cobalt mines so we can drive electric cars.
BBC Personalities Rebuke Accusations Amidst Scandal Involving Teen Exploitation
A Swift Disappointment: Why Is Taylor Swift Bypassing Canada on Her Global Tour?
Historic Moment: Edgars Rinkevics, EU's First Openly Gay Head of State, Takes Office as Latvia's President
Bye bye democracy, human rights, freedom: French Cops Can Now Secretly Activate Phone Cameras, Microphones And GPS To Spy On Citizens
The Poor Man With Money, Mark Zuckerberg, Unveils Twitter Replica with Heavy-Handed Censorship: A New Low in Innovation?
Unilever Plummets in a $2.5 Billion Free Fall, to begin with: A Reckoning for Misuse of Corporate Power Against National Interest
Beyond the Blame Game: The Need for Nuanced Perspectives on America's Complex Reality
Twitter Targets Meta: A Tangle of Trade Secrets and Copycat Culture
The Double-Edged Sword of AI: AI is linked to layoffs in industry that created it
US Sanctions on China's Chip Industry Backfire, Prompting Self-Inflicted Blowback
Meta Copy Twitter with New App, Threads
The New French Revolution
BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Application Refiled, Naming Coinbase as ‘Surveillance-Sharing’ Partner
×