Dadcando.com is intended to be a resource for all dads, but with a special emphasis on helping the single and or non-resident fathers who have contact with their children (non-resident fathers are those who are separated, divorced or widowed, who live apart from their partner and do not have their children to live with them).
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I hope that dadcando.com will be a useful at any stage of the single dad’s life, but it will be of special relevance in the difficult few years following separation from your partner, when you are building a new home and finding a new routine. During this period you will be coping with a tremendous amount of change, throughout which you will also be dealing with immense feelings of hurt and loss. On top of these emotional difficulties, it is most likely that you will also be coping with significant financial adjustment as well as forging a new way of being with and caring for your children (whether you have them for a few hours per month to visit, or a few days per week to stay), which will be very different from the life you experienced when you lived in the family home together with your children’s mother.
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There is no more crucial time for the importance of both parents’ roles to be evident within the family unit, than in the early years post separation, where every member of the family is dealing with a wide range of potentially damaging emotions and significant changes in their day to day lives.
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You are not alone. Just like you and me, millions of dads and families go through difficult times exactly like this. There is a tremendous amount of help and advice available from various organisations, online and the thousands of books that have been written about what you are experiencing and I hope that dadcando will also be useful for you.
Never forget how important you are to your children
At this time, they need you more than you can ever imagine. As a dad, you have a lot on your plate right now, and I know that there is probably so much going on in your life that it’s hard to think straight. That’s why I have condensed the most important information you really need at your fingertips, and put it all on to one site, so that you can make the most of the special time you spend with your kids. After all, the last thing you have time to do, is wade through piles of books and endless websites trying to make sense of your situation and how to build a new life with your children.
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Dadcando is a labour of love for me and I hope you will be able to contribute to the site and make it even better. Have fun with your kids, you are their hero in so many different ways; show them that change is all part of life and even when things get tough, a dad can find fun in nearly anything.
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