We at urbanMamas, though we're called urbanMamas, welcome mamas and papas (grandmas, aunties, grandpas, uncles, and all the caretakers of our little folk) to come share experiences and perspectives. Still, our thrust has always been - and always will be - our mamaraderie. Well, what about paparaderie, beyond our piddly section devoted to daddyhood? George recently emailed:
Do you know any sites that are similar to Urban Mamas, but for PDX fathers?
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Posted by: TJ | April 02, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Maybe we could have a dedicated 'uPapas' page with a link in the masthead, like we have now for activistas, childcare, exchange, schools, etc. Give some built-in infrastructure to the guys if they want to create a forum that's unique to dads. There's got to be a Portland area daddy-blogger who would like to instigate/moderate...
Posted by: allison | April 03, 2008 at 11:24 AM
I think that would be so awesome if you did just that! My husband would like it. He quietly reads urbanmamas from time to time. I talk about what I have read on urbanmamas enough that he trusts the community and input. He is a huge forum reader for everything in his life. Hell, I would love it if he liked it.
I also have a girlfriend, who has a boyfriend who's recently divorced. She trying to get him to take charge of his role as a papa and get reach out to the other papas in the city.
I know there is enough need for it and that the mamas in the households across the city would be advertisement enough.
Posted by: anon | April 03, 2008 at 02:25 PM
My husband would definitely read it....he's been reluctant to read this site, frankly, because he told me "it's called Urban MAMAS" and that combined with the pink at the top of the page seems to turn him off. But he's a huge blog reader, and a great dad, and I think it would be a wonderful resource.
Posted by: AH | April 03, 2008 at 02:58 PM
I sent this link to my husband and here's what he replied. He has a good point:
having it branch off of UM could cause a lot of women to read & chime in as well not that that's necessarily a bad thing, but if the point is for men to talk to men about family issues, then it may not work if the conversations are dominated by women. That said, I'd be willing to check it out.
If they could think of a way to make it easy to get to from UM or easy to find out about for papas, but so that it was separate so papas didn't feel like they were being spied on or drowned out that would be good.
Posted by: anon | April 03, 2008 at 07:37 PM
there's a sporadic "pdx papas" thread on the oregon/washington "tribe" area of Mothering's online forums. other than that, not sure. it sounds like a great idea, though!
Posted by: jenn | April 04, 2008 at 02:46 PM
Yes!!! My husband would also like something catered towards Dads. He's even mentioned topics like the dynamic of a Daddy raising a daughter, feeling left out because he can't breastfeed or soothe our daughter the way Mama can, riding a bike with baby in tow, becoming a first time parent at 42, living in the city with baby, etc. This is a GREAT idea.
Posted by: flyingwoman01 | April 04, 2008 at 03:09 PM
Here is a site for outdoorDads (everyone is welcome - just like UM). We go hiking and walking and play in the mud (sometimes) about once a month.
http://www.outdoordads.org/index.htm
Posted by: Blubird | April 05, 2008 at 02:10 PM
Not quite the same community thing, but
http://daddyforever.com/
Posted by: catmom | April 06, 2008 at 10:59 AM
We recently received this request: "Thanks so much for your help with my article on balancing work and family life. Now I'm working on an article about fathers, where and how they find support, and why most don't seek the kind of group support that mothers do. If you know of any dads who might be interested in talking with me about these issues, that would be great. I've pretty much exhausted my own personal contacts and their spouses and am trying to branch out (but your spouses would be fine, or other fathers you know)."
Interested? Email Anne at: laufe5268@comcast.net
Posted by: urbanMamas | April 15, 2008 at 01:59 PM