Fathers Union
Supporting strong father child connection through separation
The Dad’s Book is a shared activity book that helps a father and child build and maintain their bond over time. It creates space for positive interaction through simple activities, colouring pages, drawing, games and prompts that can be completed together or while apart. Giving the book the name — Dad’s Book — supports the child’s sense of ownership, pride, and security, providing something meaningful they can keep and take home from Dad.
By recording these activities in one place, the book gradually becomes a personal record of time spent, shared experiences, and growing familiarity between a father and child. The focus is on everyday, positive interaction and participation, rather than instruction or pressure.
By recording these activities in one place, the book gradually becomes a personal record of time spent, shared experiences, and growing familiarity between a father and child. The focus is on everyday, positive interaction and participation, rather than instruction or pressure.
Public campaign for acceptance:This book is also referenced in a public Change.org petition calling for child-safe father–child resources to be accepted and made available by institutions when children are separated from their fathers.👉 View the petition on https://c.org/cJd9KBmT9q
What the Book Is Designed to Do
The Dad’s Book is a shared activity book that helps a father and child build and maintain their bond over time. It creates space for positive interaction through simple activities, colouring pages, drawing, games and prompts that can be completed together or while apart. Giving the book a name — Dad’s Book — it supports the child’s sense of ownership, pride, and security, providing something meaningful they can keep and take home from Dad.
By recording these activities in one place, the book gradually becomes a personal record of time spent, shared experiences, and growing familiarity between a father and child. The focus is on everyday, positive interaction and participation, rather than instruction or pressure.
By recording these activities in one place, the book gradually becomes a personal record of time spent, shared experiences, and growing familiarity between a father and child. The focus is on everyday, positive interaction and participation, rather than instruction or pressure.
The mission of The Dad’s Book is to help children feel supported, seen, and connected to their father during times of change.
Separation is confusing for children. This book is intended to be a steady, familiar resource that helps maintain emotional continuity and positive connection — regardless of circumstances.
Separation is confusing for children. This book is intended to be a steady, familiar resource that helps maintain emotional continuity and positive connection — regardless of circumstances.
84 Pages
Colouring
A4
Activities
Glue Photos in
Games
The SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY
The Dad’s Book is designed to take a father and child on a gentle bonding journey over time. The book begins with a special page where a photo of Dad can be glued in, helping the child immediately anchor the book to their own father and relationship.
From there, the book sets out a series of calm activities and colouring-in pages that the dad and child can do together during visits, or separately while apart. The drawings, writing, and activities are completed directly in the book, allowing shared experiences, thoughts, and moments to be recorded over time.
Midway through the book, there is another dedicated space for a photo — this time of Dad and the child together — marking growth in familiarity, comfort, and connection. The second half of the book continues with further bonding activities that encourage participation, communication, and positive shared focus.
At the end of the book, there is a final special page for the child’s favourite photo of themselves and their dad to be glued in. By this stage, the book reflects months of interaction, shared activities, and written or drawn memories.
Used over a period of six to twelve months, the Dad’s Book becomes a tangible record of the father-child bond as it develops.
The book facilitates communication, shared knowledge, and participation, while offering a clear, child-centred way to reflect positive connection and ongoing engagement between a father and child.
From there, the book sets out a series of calm activities and colouring-in pages that the dad and child can do together during visits, or separately while apart. The drawings, writing, and activities are completed directly in the book, allowing shared experiences, thoughts, and moments to be recorded over time.
Midway through the book, there is another dedicated space for a photo — this time of Dad and the child together — marking growth in familiarity, comfort, and connection. The second half of the book continues with further bonding activities that encourage participation, communication, and positive shared focus.
At the end of the book, there is a final special page for the child’s favourite photo of themselves and their dad to be glued in. By this stage, the book reflects months of interaction, shared activities, and written or drawn memories.
Used over a period of six to twelve months, the Dad’s Book becomes a tangible record of the father-child bond as it develops.
The book facilitates communication, shared knowledge, and participation, while offering a clear, child-centred way to reflect positive connection and ongoing engagement between a father and child.
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