Daddy Boot Camp FAQ
What is Daddy Boot Camp?
- An online man-to-man workshop to give men becoming fathers the tools and confidence to become great dads.
- Includes Welcome to Fatherhood, the ultimate resource for dads-to-be.
- Anchors a community of dads who “want the new guys to have what we have”.
- Based upon Boot Camp for New Dads, started on Father’s Day 1990.
What is Boot Camp for New Dads?
- Boot Camp for New Dads is our in-person workshop with 500,000 “graduates” in 260 communities in 45 states and on U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force bases (closed until COVID is over).
- Dads-to-be of all cultures, colors, interests, ages, and economic levels attend.
- Named the best practice for educating new dads for decades and the only one proven sustainable (England choose Boot Camp as their national program).
How does Daddy Boot Camp work?
- “Rookie” dads-to-be join in the last months before their first baby arrives.
- “Veteran” dads (previous rookies) bring their babies and care for them for 3 hours while telling the rookies what worked and what they would do differently.
- Trained dad coaches (former veterans) lead the veterans in passing on what they all learned about birth, crying, moms, relationships, etc.
- Rookies present questions and concerns, and coaches and veterans respond, and the rookies leave thinking “I can do this”.
Why was Boot Camp started?
- Greg Bishop, brother to 12 and a father of four, decided new dads would do better and enjoy their babies more if an experienced dad showed them how.
- In Greg’s day job working with trauma centers, he would often see children in the ICU who wouldn’t have been there if their father had known better.
- All children need a father who is there for them, no matter what, and if we all do our job, the world we turn over to all our children will be a lot better.
Welcome to Fatherehood FAQ
What is Welcome to Fatherhood?
Welcome to Fatherhood (WTF) is an interactive multimedia ebook. There are hundreds of pages worth of info for dads-to-be and new dads, as well as tips, tools, videos, podcasts, downloadables, you name it.
Who wrote Welcome to Fatherhood?
WTF is information compiled from real dads over the past 30 years, curated and edited by Greg Bishop, founder of Daddy Boot Camp and Boot Camp for New Dads, and author of the books Hit the Ground Crawling and Crash Course for New Dads.
If I already own WTF, can I get a discount on the Daddy Boot Camp workshop?
Yes! If you already own WTF, you can put the cost of the book toward enrollment in a DBC workshop. If you own WTF but have not been to the workshop, look for the coupon code on your WTF page.
How do I highlight text?
To highlight text, select the text to be highlighted. The tools menu (above) will appear at the top of the screen. Choose the paint brush. Choose a color for the highlighting and click Save. Now the text is highlighted and a link to the highlighted text is saved in your Notebook (below).
How do I make notes within the book?
You can easily make notes within the book anywhere. Simply highlight the area you want to make a note about (you only need a word or two). The tool menu (above) will appear at the top of your screen. Clicking the pencil icon will reveal the Notes panel. Enter whatever thoughts you want to record and click Save. You can refer back to the Note by clicking the small icon at the highlighted text, or from within the Notebook (below).
Do you know that "WTF" stands for something else too?
Of course. Hopefully, sometime when you're thinking "What the f...?" you'll remember there's something that could help you in Welcome to Fatherhood. 🙂