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Boot Camp for New Dads

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It's all too easy to become a father. It takes strength, hard work, and a long-term commitment to become a dad.

Mission: To assure every child the opportunity for a caring and capable father beginning at birth.

  • Consists of one 3-hour class that brings expecting dads (rookies) and new dads (veterans) together to discuss the joys and responsibilities of fatherhood.

  • Trained coaches facilitate, and the veteran dads teach the class, bringing their babies with them for hands-on training for the rookie dads.

Hands On Training:

  • hold a baby
  • burp a baby
  • change a diaper
  • swaddle and comfort a crying infant

Group Discussion:

  • balancing work and family time
  • bonding with new baby
  • forming a parenting team
  • preventing child-abuse
  • supporting new moms
  • dealing with relatives
  • child safety

Dad Quotes:

"The best advice I can give is to be patient, and carry an extra shirt with you wherever you go."

-Tony, 42, Professor

"I changed the first diaper to set the tone that I was here to play. It
worked great. Now even my mother-in-law defers to me on how to care for the baby."

-John, 21, Truck driver

In cooperation with:

  • Caylor Nickel Clinic


  • Markle Medical Center


  • Bluffton Regional Medical Center


  • Lutheran Hospital of Indiana


  • United Way of Wells County

For Further Information: call 260.824-8574 toll free 800.824.6111
Check out the National Boot Camp web site at: www.newdads.com