I saw on the news that fathers are volunteering time at the school where their child is enrolled. It's a program that is apparently growing quite fast nationwide and from my perspective as a retired public school teacher, is badly needed in schools everywhere.
The "D.O.G.S." by the way stands for "Dads Of Great Students".
I went to www.fathers.com and found all sorts of info (also 800-593-DADS), the most relevant being instructions on how to set up a program in your locality. It appears that not only are dads a good influence on their own children while in the classroom but on the other students as well. In addition the program helps teach dads something too, good parenting skills.
I suspect our local schools would welcome such a plan. The question is are there any dads out there interested in doing it?
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