Spanish Speaking Programming Expanded by "Boot Camp For New Dads"
Determined to reach fathers everywhere, Boot Camp For New Dads has expanded its number of Spanish language sites throughout the United States to twelve.
(PRWEB) February 4, 2004
Spanish Speaking Programming Expanded by "Boot Camp For New Dads"
Determined to reach fathers everywhere, Boot Camp For New Dads has expanded its number of Spanish language sites throughout the United States to twelve.
The organization has created the only curriculum in Spanish for new fathers. Boot Camp For New Dads believes the key to improving the quality of life for many young children lies in helping fathers be capable and caring beginning at birth.
A unique plan to bring "rookie" fathers-to-be together with "veteran" recent dads and their newborns, Boot Camp For New Dads is a non-profit program, offered at more than 200 hospitals, clinics, schools and churches across the U. S., now in English and Spanish.
LOCATION OF SPANISH BOOT CAMPS FOR NEW DADS
Spanish speaking Boot Camp For New Dad sites include St. Mary Medical Center, Apple Valley, California; Alameda County IPOPS, Oakland, California; MOMS, Santa Ana, California; Barton Memorial, South Lake Tahoe, California; St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona; Exempla St. Joseph Hospital, Denver, Colorado; Memorial Regional Hospital. Hollywood, Florida; Rush Copley Medical Center, Aurora, Illinois; El Valor, Chicago, Illinois; Mercy Medical Center, Sioux City, Iowa; St. Joseph County ISD, Centreville, Michigan;
Community Action Partnerships, Kearney, Nebraska.
ADAPTED TO THE LATINO HEART
The traditional values of extended family and group orientation are addressed by references to the grandparents, uncles and padrinos (godfathers) and by meeting in the “circulo” format. Having left the country where they were fathered, the Spanish speaking new fathers are learning about a new culture and trying to parent in a country that does not hold as dear the values that they grew up with. Traditional machismo may steer the new father away from the child and continue a cycle of separation. A positive view of machismo recognizes the strength of the relationship of father to his children. To create a healthy family, the Spanish Boot Camp offers understanding, knowledge and trust of the traditional community and extended kinship and the support these give to the new father.
NO MORE LANGUAGE BARRIER
What makes this curriculum unique is its friendliness to the ears and hearts of new Latino fathers. Not only is the program designed to appeal specifically to men and new fathers, but also the curriculum uses Spanish language in a way that gives support to the new dad. Directed to the Spanish speaker, the curriculum instructs the participant without the annoying distractions of “pochismos,” English words said with a Spanish accent such as; “marketa” for market or “brecas” for breaks. There is no need to explain English terms unknown to the common Spanish listening ear.
VIDEO DEBUT
The Spanish version of the Boot Camp video helps support the facilitator and the “veterano” father in teaching the new dads to take care of the newborn baby and mother.
BOOT CAMP BEGINNINGS
Boot Camp For New Dads is a unique program that brings "rookie" fathers-to-be together with "veteran" recent dads and their newborns. Having a child is an awesome gift, joy, and an immense challenge. Boot Camp For New Dads is helping dads prepare for their mission. A Boot Camp For New Dads session is a single three-hour program often held monthly on Saturday mornings.
Greg Bishop, founder of Boot Camp For New Dads, has had lots of hands-on experience caring for babies, with 12 siblings, 4 children of his own and numerous nieces and nephews. Bishop noticed that many men didn't seem to enjoy custody of their babies. After extensive research, he founded Boot Camp For New Dads at Irvine Medical Center (CA) in 1990 and has volunteered as Head Coach ever since.
National media, including news segments on ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN as well as articles in Child Magazine, Life Magazine, ReaderÂ’s Digest and others, have helped fuel the expansion of Boot Camp For New Dads to over 200 programs reaching thousands of new dads. The program is designed to bring a dad's perspective to the 1.5 million men who become fathers each year across America.
BADGE OF HONOR
"I can't imagine a more rewarding activity than helping new dads step up to the challenge," rejoiced Bishop, a Stanford MBA and active Boot Camp coach. "These guys are inspiring and should make all men proud, because once they understand how much they are needed, they deliver the goods."
ROLL CALL
For more information about Boot Camp For New Dads, please call (714) 838-9392 or visit http://www. newdads. com (http://www. newdads. com).
Editors:
To arrange an interview with Greg Bishop, founder of Boot Camp For New Dads, or a coach at a Boot Camp program in your region, please contact Steve Dubin, Drool Sergeant & PR counsel at, sdubin@prworkzone. com, (781) 878-9533.
CONTACT: Steve Dubin, PR Works, (781) 878-9533, sdubin@prworkzone. com
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