Tickets are now on sale for HomeDadCon 2022, the annual conference to help at-home fathers hone their parenting skills, bond with one another and get a little R&R.
The National At-Home Dad Network (NAHDN) runs the event scheduled for Sept. 29 through Oct. 2, 2022 in Phoenix. This marks the first time the conference will take place in the U.S. Southwest after being held primarily in the Great Plains, Midwest or Southeast regions.
The event is for stay- and work-at-home fathers who embrace parenting as their most important job. It allows them to network with other active and involved dads, learn from experts about various parenting and social issues, and take a brief respite from parenting duties.
Conference content and theming for 2022 are still a work in progress. Topics at past conventions ranged from dealing with picky eaters to teaching children about sexual consent. Outreach or social activities, such attending a sporting event, are often part of the program.
One definite change to HomeDadCon 2022 is you will need to be a member of the NAHDN to attend. In the past, the $35 annual fee to the organization was rolled into the conference ticket.
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“The reason for the change is operational. We are working at becoming more than a convention,” NAHDN President Jonathan Heisey-Grove wrote in response to emailed questions from City Dads Group. “We offer more than just an annual event now, and there are operating costs associated with running the organization. So we are severing the association of the membership with the convention and making it a calendar year membership.”
The nonprofit National At-Home Dad Network is dedicated to providing advocacy, community, education and support for families where fathers are their children’s primary caregivers. Its stated purpose is to empower fathers and champion a culture that recognizes them as capable and competent parents.
In the past few years, the organization has added parenting webinars and podcasts to its website. It has also recorded some of the past HomeDadCon sessions, some of which will be made available only to dues paying members, wrote Heisey-Grove. He noted those members will also have voting rights at the nonprofit’s annual meeting.
“There is also some small swag that we are going to offer, and who knows what kind of special deals we’ll have in the future,” he also wrote.
A ticket to the three-day HomeDadCon 2022 costs $195. It includes access to all event programs, a convention eve party, three meals and T-shirt. Discounted hotel reservations are available at The Residence Inn by Marriott Phoenix Downtown, which doubles as the event venue. Cost is $169 a night for double occupancy.
(DISCLOSURE: City Dads Group has been and is a long-time sponsor and partner with The National At-Home Dad Network for the at-home dads convention.)
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