Helping fathers show up, heal, and build stronger bonds with their children.
Push Me Dad Movement uses books, mentorship, workshops, and community support to encourage fathers to be present, accountable, and connected in their children's lives.
A present father changes everything.
Research is clear and lived experience confirms it — when fathers are emotionally present, children grow up with stronger confidence, better academic outcomes, healthier relationships, and a deeper sense of identity.
We are not here to shame fathers. We are here to call them up. To celebrate the ones who show up. To welcome back the ones who lost their way. And to give every father real tools to do this work.
Five ways we move fathers forward.
The Book
Push Me Dad — a heartfelt poem children can read to their fathers.
Mentorship
One-on-one and group mentorship for fathers ready to do the work.
Workshops
Accountability workshops for fathers, families, schools, and churches.
Resources
Free conversation starters, reflection sheets, and bonding activities.
Community Events
Father-child gatherings, book readings, and the annual Father's Day celebration.
Healing Circles
Safe spaces for fathers to talk honestly about what's hard.
A movement for everyone touched by fatherhood.
Fatherhood doesn't happen in isolation. We work alongside families, schools, churches, and community organizations because raising healthy children takes all of us.
Fathers
Present, returning, healing, and learning.
Children
Sons and daughters who deserve to be seen.
Mothers & Co-Parents
Partners in raising whole children.
Schools
Programs and presentations for students.
Churches
Faith-rooted fatherhood programming.
Nonprofits
Curriculum partners and co-facilitators.
Mentors
Men giving back what they wished they had.
Community Orgs
Cleveland-area partners moving the needle.
“I wrote this for the dad I needed — and the dad I'm still becoming.”
Push Me Dad started as a poem written for my own children. It grew into a book, then a workshop, then a community of fathers across Cleveland and beyond. This movement exists because no child should have to wonder if their father loves them — and no father should have to do this alone.
Stories from the movement.
“I picked up the book to read to my son. By the third page I was the one crying. It opened a door we didn't know how to open.”
“We brought the workshop to our church and the men have not stopped talking about it. This work is real.”
“My dad and I used the conversation starters on a long drive. We talked about things we'd avoided for fifteen years.”
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Be part of the movement.
Whether you're a father, a mother, a mentor, or a partner organization — there's a place for you here.