One weekday morning, I bravely ventured into the bedlam of a typical Hoolitots parent and toddler session here at Hoole Lighthouse Centre. I opened a door to enter the hall and a child, who had been leaning against the door, fell at my feet. He quickly got up and cowered behind his mother’s legs, looking at me suspiciously. I apologised to them both and set off across the hall. As I walked away, I heard the mother say to her son, “We don’t often see a man here, do we?” It was a comment to challenge us all. We know that parent and toddler work can transform relationships and strengthen families. We have seen it happen. But we also know that the parent and toddler world has been populated by mostly mothers. There have been relatively few fathers who have taken part in parent and toddler sessions; few fathers who have discovered the fun they could be having with their children. So how do we encourage more men to take part? Running special Who Let The Dads Out? parent and toddler sessions is an ideal way.
Mark Chester.

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