Dads Chat - Term 3, 2025
Next date: Monday, 11 August 2025 | 07:00 PM
to 09:00 PM
A strengths-based series of four workshops that focus on connecting with other local dads and dives deep into your role as a dad or male carer.
For dads, grandfathers, step-dads and male carers with children aged 0 to 8 years.
Join Tony from Building Better Brains to share ideas and get hands on with tools and techniques that make you feel more connected to your children and other dads.
This series of workshops will explore:
- Communication, patience and play: Sharing ways to communicate, regulate and play with children and family members that suits your dad skills best.
- Fatherhood and all the feels: Supporting the emotional ups and downs of your children.
- Understanding the developing brains of children: Tips and techniques to support your child.
- Parenting styles and attachment: Understanding our Fatherhood Origin Story and how to build more robust connections with children and family members.
- The power of play: The present of being present, the only gift that matters. Tools to maximise the thing we often have so little of as dads, time.
Please note that these sessions are designed for adults and are not suitable for children to attend.
Download the flyer(PDF, 860KB)
Workshop series details
- Date: Monday nights, from 11 August to 1 September
- Time: 7pm to 9pm
- Venue: Chirnside Park Football Club, 33 Kimberley Drive, Chirnside Park 3116
- Facilitator: Tony Vallance
- Cost: Free. Bookings essential.
- For dads, grandfathers, step-dads and male carers with children 0 to 8 years.
- Participants are encouraged to attend all four sessions.
Register online
About the facilitator
These workshops are facilitated by Tony Vallance from Building Better Brains.
“I am all in on helping Dad's to connect, share and learn as when my kids where young, it was a very isolating experience. I didn't know who to talk to, who to share ideas with, how to ask for advice or help, it was really hard. From all I've learned as a Dad, Teacher and Therapist, I want to give back, to help in a small way to connect Dad's and help them to realise this journey of fatherhood can be more of a team effort instead of a solo climb.”
Testimonials
Term 1 testimonials
- Honestly the entire course was great. The amount of knowledge and advice from Tony was amazing. I am already seeing improvements with my 4 year old. It's huge! And now I am setting myself up better with my 1 year old from the start.
- These workshops have put us all in contact with a lot of dads who have either already gone through stages of dading or are going through same stages of dading. This is very important. I really enjoyed hearing the science and theory side of the child's brain and hearing from other dads about their challenges struggles and solutions. These workshops are great and bring a real sense of community which is often missing in these times. Really enjoyed the whole experience. Thank you.
- Learning new ways to engage with my kids through play and meeting other dads in the area who are experiencing the same ups and downs of fatherhood.
- Learning about the physiology of a child's brain and all the factors that play into their development. Also the networking and camaraderie gained by meeting other men rowing in the same direction. Added to the tactics and tips of how to come at challenges in different ways.
Term 2 testimonials
- I enjoyed the connection with other dads in the same boat. Learning more about me and my parenting styles. Ways to manage emotions of me and kids.
- The social aspect, I swapped numbers with a few other dads, and was invited to join other groups etc. And also have plans to meet up with the kids with one other!
- Tony was/is amazing. He is very engaging and made the sessions fun and a safe place to debrief. I loved that many men came together and spoke honestly together. Tony made it very comfortable to openly speak. Please keep this workshop going with Tony. It's so important and made a world of difference to me and my family.
- Meeting other dads and hearing what they all had to say, realising that we are all going through similar circumstances, and feeling camaraderie in our frustrations and happiness.
- I enjoyed everything about the workshops! Each session was very relevant and I took a helpful strategy from each one. Thank you very much Tony! Excellent work! Keep it up! Very helpful and grateful for this opportunity.
Further information
This workshop series is a partnership with Yarra Ranges Council and Maroondah City Council
When
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Monday, 11 August 2025 | 07:00 PM
- 09:00 PM
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Monday, 18 August 2025 | 07:00 PM
- 09:00 PM
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Monday, 25 August 2025 | 07:00 PM
- 09:00 PM
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Monday, 01 September 2025 | 07:00 PM
- 09:00 PM
Location
Chirnside Park Football Club, 33 Kimberley Drive, Other, 3116, View map
-37.7517994,145.3103893
33 Kimberley Drive ,
Other 3116
Chirnside Park Football Club
33 Kimberley Drive ,
Other 3116
Dads Chat - Term 3, 2025