Professor Elemental is many things. He is an award winning hip-hop artist, steampunk legend, host and also a dad. Just in time for Father’s Day 2021, this pith-helmeted dad of two has released an album called The Good Dad club which was inspired by his experiences of fatherhood and middle-aged life.
If you’ve visired Dadbloguk or looked at my social media channels recently, you may have seen me singing the praises of a free app called Readingmate. The app that was designed to encourage children to develop good reading habits and my family has been making use of it.
Birmingham: The city that gave us Cat Deeley, Cadbury’s chocolate and, erm, heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath. Thanks to the University of Birmingham’s Equal Parenting Project, this fine Midlands city has also given us the Fathers in the Workplace Toolkit, a free resrource that employers can use to make their organisation more dad-friendly.
Dr Janet Rose is probably best known as the principal of Norland College, an institution that is no stranger to this blog (see here and here). Dr Rose also has a wealth of experience in early years education and training and has a particular interest in emotion coaching.
What is it like for a father whose occupation can put him in harm’s way? I’d been curious to find out for some time so I was delighted when veteran broadcast journalist Ryan Chilcote agreed to speak to me.
