Father’s Day Can Really Mean Something
Father’s day is approaching on Sunday. Social media will see an outpouring of love accompanied by pictures of fathers with their children. Online promotions of gift for father’s day have already begun. Role of fathers will be highlighted and celebrated. Come Monday, most households will go back to the routine of handing the baton of
Father’s day is approaching on Sunday. Social media will see an outpouring of love accompanied by pictures of fathers with their children. Online promotions of gift for father’s day have already begun. Role of fathers will be highlighted and celebrated. Come Monday, most households will go back to the routine of handing the baton of bringing up the children to the mothers.
It is not a surprise then that motherhood has dominated most parenting conversations. Research shows that fatherhood is not subjective, but an objective and documented phenomena. When fatherhood is taken seriously and kids who have close relationships with father are more likely to have high-paying jobs and healthy, stable relationships when they grow up. They also tend to have higher IQ test scores and endure fewer psychological problems throughout their lives.
It may sound strange, but fatherhood is an emerging field of study. We have to make up a lot of lost time to understand and address the role of the father in all the stages of development on a child’s life.
A webinar on Fathers as Co-parents is being organized tomorrow by HCL Foundation. Their guest speaker for the webinar is Mr. Chittaranjan Kaul, Director, Centre for Learning Resources, country’s leading non-profit in early childhood care and education (ECCE) and Caregiver Coaching for Nurturing Care (CCNC).
The webinar will explore in detail, the following points
- Fathers’ parenting styles and their impact on children.
- The impact of an emotionally absent father on the child.
- The impact of fathers’ co-parenting on marital relationship of parents.
- Approaches to enrolment of fathers as co-parents
- The contributors to fathers’ willingness to co-parent – cultural, emotional and economic factorsAbout the speaker:
Chittaranjan Kaul serves as the Director of Centre for Learning Resources (CLR). With a focus on leadership capacity-building in public education systems, he has led it to a multi-state operation, working with over 60,000 Anganwadis and schools across the country. CLR also provides academic resources and program strategy support to these systems. CLR’s work has particularly emphasized ECCDE and caregiver coaching for nurturing care.
Previously, he has been an international banker, started and run residential and day schools, coached senior executives, managements, parents and teachers, and provided strategy advice to for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.
His work with rural youth about education and livelihood focuses on livelihoods that sustain the environment and community, while fostering entrepreneurship and creativity. With communities, he focuses on engaging members in constructive dialogue to arrive at shared perceptions, develop collaborative plans of action, commit their own resources and execute plans to their satisfaction to enhance their feeling of empowerment, capability and worthiness, especially those who are denied and are under-privileged.
He has a degree in electrical engineering from National Institute of Technology, Srinagar and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
About Center for Learning Resources:
(CLR) is a non-profit educational institution whose goal is to support government and non-government organizations working in early childhood development and primary education to strengthen implementation and achieve greater outcomes, such as improvements in learning or health indicators, better staff professional development and meaningful decision making. Our support includes innovative curriculum and materials for teaching and communication, training and on-going capacity building of staff across various layers of the organization, innovative decision making tools and assessment.
About HCL Foundation Academy:
HCLF Academy is an E-Learning Platform working on a hub and spoke model with ODL- Open Distance Learning – through an LMS (learning Management System)- that uses technology as a platform to disseminate knowledge on various thematic areas in Social/ Development Sector. The idea is to hone and upgrade the skill sets if the development sector practitioners to be able to better deliver their work- thereby maximizing impact, bring to scale, and promote sustainability in CSR projects. Courses on this platform run by the academy are provided free of cost.
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