These Philly dads get together regularly to consider how they're parenting and how they might improve. Fathering Circle sessions start as playdates: “You step into the place of the child, eye-to-eye with the child and see where their mind is.' whyynews
Aliyah, 8 and father, Khalif Troy, of West Philadelphia, participate in a play date with the Fathering Circle on Saturday, October 12, 2019.
One girl, Aliyah, 8, immediately wanted to be hoisted on her father’s shoulders and have him jump around like a kangaroo.“Daaaaaad,” insisted Aliyah. Troy ultimately relented.The rule that no one gets hurt was pushed. One dad swung his daughter like a baseball bat as another kid pitched plush balls at him. “Do it again! Do it again Do it again!” pleaded the girl.
“You step into the place of the child, eye-to-eye with the child and see where their mind is,” said Marsh, one of the co-creator of the Fathering Circle. “It is important. Not just because it’s a type of play. It’s important because it gives the father the ability to see their child as a fully formed human being.”The Fathering Circle is an informal group of men who get together to consider what they are doing as fathers and how they might do it better.
A meeting a few weeks ago brought a diverse bunch, with a few white guys, a couple African Americans, and a father of Latino background. They embrace each other as they came in the door.
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