Myths about parenting can create unrealistic expectations that, in turn, can lead to feelings of failure when coping problems occur. It might be unrealistic to expect that your partner will adjust quickly, or that your baby will be just as you both imagined.
Fact: Nobody is born knowing what it takes to be a successful parent. We learn a lot about it from our parents, from the way we were raised. In addition, we learn from our babies: about what they need, what we need, and how we grow up together. There is a lot of trial and error.
Fact: New babies are, in fact, miraculous. But that is not to say that their behaviour is 'perfect'. Some babies are hard to settle and, at times, it may be diļ¬cult for the father to know what they need. Nor do babies always look 'perfect' because they come in all sizes and shapes.
Fact: New parents often experience wonderful highs and many joys and intense feelings of love and closeness with their baby. But these positive feelings are balanced with times of frustration, total fatigue and sleep deprivation, and other emotional challenges.
Fact: Many partners and new fathers do not know exactly how to be successful parents. This is true when it comes to tending to the needs of the new baby as well as to the needs of partners.
Fact: All father-child relationships ideally develop over time within a network of support. Fathers benefit greatly from the support they get from their partner, friends, family, neighbours, and other fathers.
Fact: New fathers often feel tired and overwhelmed. However, the feelings that go with depression are stronger and longer lasting. A father may not want to play with his baby. He may have trouble paying attention to things and may not be able to meet his baby's needs for warmth and affection. He may feel guilty or worthless.
These myths about depression may hinder your partner's ability to recognize the early signs, its seriousness, or to take action to begin recognising that there might be a problem.
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We have developed a series of e-mental health programs for perinatal depression in collaboration with a team of researchers and clinicians who are experts in treating depression and in the development of Web-based interventions for health behavior change. The foundational programs for mothers were developed by the Oregon Research Institute/University of Oregon (USA; Brian G. Danaher, PhD, John R. Seeley, PhD, Pete Lewinsohn, PhD, and Milagra S. Tyler, MAT), the Parent-Infant Research Institute (Australia; Jeannette Milgrom, PhD, Charlene Holt, DClinPsych, and Jennifer Ericksen, MClinPsych) and the University of Iowa (Scott Stuart, MD, Michael W. O'Hara, PhD, and Whitney Lester, MA). See mummoodbooster.com.
The DadBooster program for fathers has been developed by the Parent-Infant Research Institute, Austin Health, Australia.
Parent-Infant Research Institute
The Parent-Infant Research Institute (PIRI), based in Melbourne Australia, is committed to supporting all parents and their babies, including those with vulnerabilities, to have the best possible start to life (prenatal to 2 years) by creating a Centre of Excellence whose activities are designed to improve emotional wellbeing and optimize development.
PIRI's objectives are:
Conducting and disseminating basic and applied research
Translating knowledge to practice
Education and training of professionals
PIRI is affiliated with Austin Health and The University of Melbourne.
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Privacy Policy
This program is based on work of a team of researchers and clinicians who are experts in treating depression (including specific expertise in treating postnatal depression) and in the development of Web-based interventions for health behavior change. It has been developed by the Parent-Infant Research Institute (Australia; Jeannette Milgrom, PhD, Alan Gemmill, PhD, Andre Rodrigues, PhD, and Jennifer Ericksen, MClinPsych).
Your Policy
Any information obtained in connection with DadBooster that can identify you is confidential. It will only be disclosed with your permission, except as required by law. All collected data will be stored at the Parent-Infant Research Institute, Austin Health in a manner that protects against unauthorized disclosure of personally identifiable data. Procedures will be used to require proper authentication to access data files. Data will be stored on secure file servers. Online questionnaires will be collected in a secure manner using industry-standard SSL (secure sockets layer) encryption. Data on website usage patterns will be collected automatically in time-stamped database files. Data will be kept for an indefinite period. Only collated, group data will be reported on. To further ensure your privacy, please keep your username and password confidential.
Your phone number is collected so that our DadBooster team can send you supportive SMSs throughout the weeks which we deem to be an important part of the program. Any personal information, including your phone number, will not be shared with any third party, except as required by law, and our SMS communication with you will only last the duration of the program which is 6 weeks plus follow up, equating to approximately 12 weeks.
If you have any questions/concerns about this privacy statement or you would like to make a complaint about how we have handled your personal information, please contact us in writing: piri@austin.org.au.
We will generally respond to your complaint within 30 days and if you are not satisfied with our response, you are entitled to lodge a formal complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (for instructions on how to do this, please see: www.oaic.gov.au).
If you are having trouble with your computer program or you have any questions, e-mail piri@austin.org.au.
