What is Discovering Dad About?

Discovering Dad is a site that explores issues and shares experiences of fatherhood.

The site was founded by Jeremy Biser in 2007. To learn more about how the site got started, click the History link.

The objective of Discovering Dad is to build connections between dads and encourage fathers to get involved in their kids lives. It is also meant to help fathers establish their own voice in society as something more than the 'second' parent.


Here are 10 things that Discovering Dad is about:

1. Building connections between dads from around the world.
2. Digging into issues that are important to dads.
3. Sharing experiences about fatherhood in general.
4. Busting stereotypes about who and what dads are supposed to be in society.
5. Encouraging involvement in your kids' lives.
6. Maximizing time and effectiveness in life.
7. Having fun with the family or fellow dads.
8. Giving dads the opportunity to redefine the perception held of them by society.
9. Sharing my own personal experiences as a father of 3 wonderful kids.
10. Providing useful information to dads from a father's point of view.

Here are 10 things that Discovering Dad is NOT about:

1. Building a playgroup for dads.
2. Teaching dads how to be more like moms.
3. Sharing experiences about parenthood without context.
4. Reinforcing stereotypes that depict fathers as parenting idiots.
5. Encouraging involvement in your kids lives at the expense of having a life.
6. Minimizing the challenges of establishing a work-life balance.
7. Encouraging participation in activities that dads find completely useless or boring.
8. Telling you how to 'fit in' with the crowd.
9. Suggesting that you should agree with me on every topic.
10. Informing you how to change a diaper or do any other basic function that comes with being a dad.

Discovering Dad is a site for dads and about dads. If you're interested in sharing your thoughts or ideas for the site, please click on Contact.