1. MEN AND CHILDCARE ICMEO, 18 October 2016
Eberhard Schafer (Vaeterzentrum, Berlin)
Adrienne Burgess (Fatherhood Institute, London)

2. THE BERLIN FATHERS` CENTRE: supporting fathers & caring fatherhood
Founded 2007
Main funding: City of Berlin
clients p.a.
Father-child activities
Counselling (mainly separated fathers) Fatherhood expertise: lecturing, teaching/ professional training; writing

3. Founded 1999
UK-based
Research: e.g. fathers’ impact
Policy: e.g. advisors to the UK government
Professionals: father-inclusive practice
Direct work with fathers and couples (mainly the cascade model)
Work with employers and employees

4. ACTIVITY 1: YOUR LEARNING GOALS (Delegates working in pairs . . .)
Working in pairs, find out your partner’s learning goals for this workshop. Each person write their main goal on a sheet of paper from the pad given to us by the conference organisers
Be prepared to communicate your PARTNER’S main goal to the whole room, if asked.

5. Childcare by fathers: who benefits?

6. Benefits of involved dads: children

7. Benefits of involved dads: children
Higher educational achievement Increased emotional security Higher social mobility and earnings relative to parents’ Less risky adolescent behaviour Higher self-esteem and life satisfaction Greater capacity for empathy Less traditional gender attitudes More satisfying adult sexual relationships

8. Benefits of involved dads: mothers

9. Benefits of involved dads: mothers
Greater life satisfaction
Better mental health
Less likely to separate
Behave more positively towards their partner
Parent more effectively
Earn more

10. Benefits of involved dads: fathers

11. Benefits of involved dads: fathers
Greater satisfaction with family life
More positive health behaviours
Live longer
Less likely to divorce/separate
More productive at work

12. POLICY and PRACTICE suggestions to promote childcare by fathers

13. BREAK (15 minutes)

14. Learning Outcomes
Having chosen four x clusters of questions from the consultation on Learning Goals early in the presentation, Adrienne & Eberhard explore these with the participants

15. Workshop Recommendations
Each Workshop needs to agree on three short main recommendations to be included in the Conference Final Declaration (no more than 250 characters per recommendation)
The Final Declaration will be presented and adopted at the end of the conference with Ms Lydia Mutsch, Minister for Equal Opportunities.

16. Workshop Recommendations
Working in pairs, think about possible recommendations from our Workshop that will support childcare by fathers. Write TWO of these down – one idea from each person on its own sheet of paper
Feed back to group discussion, as invited
Hand in sheets to the workshop leaders

17. Eberhard Schäfer: eberhard.schaefer@vaeterzentrum-berlin.de
GOODBYE and THANKYOU!
Eberhard Schäfer:
Adrienne Burgess: