Thanks for joining us on the forum – glad to have you here. You are welcome to post 24/7 but please note that whilst we have forum moderators we will only be moderating the forum during office hours. If though you need urgent crisis help, please contact Samaritans on 116 123.
Spurgeons and Dad.Info doesn’t investigate reports of abuse or neglect. But below, you can find advice on who to contact if you have concerns about a child or young person.
Reporting a concern
It can be difficult to know what to do if you think a child is at risk. It’s important to remember that if you’ve spotted things that don’t seem right, others will have too. Speaking up can make sure that child gets help as soon as possible.
The sooner you contact your local children’s social care duty team, the quicker they can act. They’re available 24 hours a day, and can make an anonymous report if that feels safer. If a child is in immediate danger, please call the police straight away by dialling 999.
Report child abuse or neglect to your local council
Use these links to get in touch with your local council:
Hello. I have been a user of the DadTalk forum just over a year – using it as a place to chat and get information / advice as a father.
I am also a PhD researcher interested in online forums for fathers.
My research focuses on:
1. Whether fathers use forums like this in different ways and for different reasons to mothers.
2. In what ways forums like DadTalk, and social media and mobile technologies in general, change the experience of everyday life for fathers as parents.
I know that not all users of Dad.info are dads and I am very interested in the points of view of all those who use the forum - everyone is really welcome to comment. Please do say whether you are male or female as well as the ages of your children, if you don’t mind.
Any comments on the follow questions will be really helpful.
- Please tell me about what led you to start using Dad.info.
- Tell me about any other parenting forums you have ever used other than Dad.info
- In what ways does having access to a forum like this, as well as other social media, make your experience of being a parent different to your own parents?
- In general could you sum up what difference having access to a parenting forum online has made to you as a father / mother / carer?
Many thanks for any insights you can offer. 🙂
For those who would like to know more, in the past I have researched fathers experiences of attending fathers-only parenting courses. I am currently completing a PhD that is attached to the NOVELLA project based at The Institute of Education in London. More information is here: http://www.novella.ac.uk/projects/762.html
You are also very welcome to send me a private message on here.