We mentioned our second annual Father’s Breakfast that took place on Wednesday. NYC Dad’s Group was there and has high praise for the event. Raising children as a stay at home dad or mom, single or otherwise, can be a very challenging role, and NYC Dad’s Group was appreciative of the sense of community offered at the breakfast. They wrote:

Today, the focus was about us dads having a real, facilitated conversation about fathering. This small, intimate meet up event for dads only enabled us to go deeper into our role as a stay at home dad. We really were able to talk about some sensitive issues we are facing in our unique role of an at home dad, our comfort level in this role, and different approaches on monitoring our child’s development. This discussion allowed some of the dads as well as myself to break down some of the barriers to sharing our true feelings and made for a meaningful morning. In fact, some of us said we definitely need to find a way to incorporate a brief, facilitated talk time in our weekly meet-ups to spend some time talking about best practices as well as ‘vulnerable’ moments we went through that week - become a support group for each other! I know we are not recreating the wheel here & I am sure other dad groups around the country do something like this, but it certainly is helpful.

We take parenting seriously at the 92Y and have a host of classes and events for parents and children, such as: