Dadsworld’s mission: Provide visible role models

I was talking to a Dad the other day who works with violent and disadvantaged kids.  He had a lot to say about Dads, and it was obvious that he himself is a passionate and involved parent. 

One striking (yet obvious) statistic that applies to these kids is that most them have never seen a strong, loving, involved Dad.  They didn’t have one and NOBODY they know has one.  The concept of a Dad being around and caring about them, providing for them, teaching them and setting the example is a concept that they cannot relate to.  Yet the examples of Dads they DO see on television and in the mainstream media are (for the most part) complete idiots. 

Why does our culture insist on portraying Dads as morons?!  I know it’s funny and it makes a lot of money, but come on.  We NEED great Dads, and we need our kids to SEE great Dads.  Just go to the “statistics” page at www.dadsworld.com and read some for yourself.  Dads play a critical role in the lives of their children.  When they are absent, the children (and the rest of us in society) suffer.  We are ALL dragged down by fatherlessness.  The majority of crime, drug abuse, violence, sex abuse, poverty, lack of education, etc.  can ALL be traced back to a broken family or absent father.  Dads are critical in curbing violent behavior in adolescent boys, and they are instrumental in adolescent girls decisions about sex and drugs.  Dads matter.

Our culture punishes dead-beat Dads in court.  Our popular culture admonishes absent Dads, but we DON’T provide positive, constructive examples of what a Dad should be.  That’s CRAZY!  Dadsworld.com is here to provide those examples.  We interview great Dads and help get the word out so children who don’t believe great Dads exist (because they personally have never seen one) or believe it’s attainable for them have role models.

If we don’t parent our kids, prisons become the substitute for parenting.  We have to make being an involved Dad attractive, so kids will grow up wanting to be great Dads to their kids.

If we can’t sell them on the idea that being an involved Dad is rewarding and owning your responsibilities is the right thing to do,  then they are not going to do it.  That’s why Dadsworld does interviews with great Dads!  We need to get the good role models out there.

I am always angered and amazed at how much money is spent on treating symptoms of problems, instead of getting at the root of the problem itself.  If we promoted involved Dads better, made it attractive and gave Dads social status, a “cool factor,” then men would WANT to be a part of that.  The problem for many young men is that all they see are stupid television sit-com Dads and general media portrayals of Dads are not something they want to be a part of.  If you don’t have a Dad role model in your life, you will use cultural images of what a Dad means.  If you don’t like that image, you won’t want any part of it.  So, we have young men who get their girlfriend pregnant and then run another direction.  They don’t want a life of being seen as stupid and a moron (the current mainstream portrayal of Dads.)  They see images of men who are struggling financially to support their families, are looked upon as idiots.  That’s not a “club” a young man wants to sign-up for, even though he might know deep down that being there for his kids is the right thing to do, he doesn’t get a lot of encouragement from our society in general.  In fact, he gets A LOT of encouragement to be irresponsible.  Just watch any popular television show.

I appreciate you helping support Dadsworld.  We are passionate about promoting great Dads, and in that process hopefully we are encouraging other Dads to get involved.  It IS a great experience, being a loving and involved Dad.  It is not an easy role, but it’s absolutely worth it.  Help us get the message out by telling people about our website.  We have some great interviews coming up that I know will make a difference, and help the site continue to grow.

You can follow Dadsworld on twitter, and become a fan on facebook as well.  All that does is help drive traffic to our site, and traffic helps us attract sponsors.  We also have a “donate” button at the Dadsworld.com store if you would like to help us maintain our website financially. 

We are looking for sponsors who want to attach their company name to our mission of promoting great Dads.  Our website is free, so all of the maintenance, web development work, t-shirt design and printing, business and domain registration costs, trademarking costs, etc. comes out of our founders pocket.  If you or someone you know is passionate about helping promote great Dads, have them contact us at: info@dadsworld.com

Thank you for your time and support!  Have a great day.