News

Head Coach, Greg Bishop, and National Trainer, Chuck Ault, wrote an article introducing the New Moms Hearts and Minds Project, a campaign from Dads Adventure, that shows new moms the importance of supporting the new dad in their lives.

"Helping New Moms & Dads Build Happy Families" was featured in the International Journal of Childbirth Education, a publication of the International Childbirth Education Association.

That's right...Boot Camp Coaches do Time; magazine that is. Check out the full article in the current issue of Time Magazine on newstands or online here.

We also have the article uploaded, which can be viewed if you look on the full News page. From the home page, Under Current News, click on "More...", under the Time Image, click on View PDF and the article should automatically open.

Boot Camp for New Dads & Dads Adventure is teaming up with Babies R Us to give men an introduction to fatherhood.

On June 8^th, from 7pm-8:30pm, all Boot Camp Coaches are invited to their local Babies R Us stores to put on a mini Boot Camp, entitled Crash Course for New Dads.  There will be a 20 minute video to play, which will be followed up with a question and answer session on issues new dads face.  Coaches will bring flyers and share information on their BCND programs.  There will also be a checklist that is handed out from the soon to be released book, Crash Course for New Dads.

Boot Camp would like to thank the Pacific Life Foundation for its recent donation and their commitment to helping men “hit the ground crawling” in their new roles as fathers. The grant will be used to develop tools for outreach and marketing to new dads and dads-to-be in communities across the U.S 

Parents magazine features Boot Camp for New Dads in an article on childbirth education classes in the February, 2008 issue.

In April, 2005, Fathers Direct, England’s national fatherhood organization, asked me to talk at their national conference in London, and then asked that we collaborate with them in establishing Boot Camp for New Dads in England (under the name Hit The Ground Crawling). David Bartlett of Fathers Direct then worked with Karla, Chuck and I to make it happen. Chuck and I went to Liverpool on May 2-5, where David had worked with Karen Lawrenson to arrange a training program capped by an actual workshop for teen dads-to-be. There were also contingents from London and Birmingham for the training.

 It was a huge hit and very gratifying for Chuck and me to see Boot Camp work so well in another country, and particularly with teen fathers. It was great to see Chuck in action as he conducted the training, and the response from the trainees was unanimous –“ it was the best training they ever attended, we proved it works right before their eyes, and equipped them so they could go home and get it up and running.”

 My favorite scene (above, right) was of a 16 year old dad-to-be who got hold the star of the show, who was as interested in him as he was her.  It was a great group with dedicated mid-wives and professional “father workers”, two 17-18 fathers who were great role models, and four 16-17 year old dads-to-be who were enthusiastic about coming back as vets.