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So, how's your summer reading list going?
Hm? Well, the dog days of summer, it's a great time to grab a good book, especially if you got little ones.
But, my next guest says it's always a good time to read to your kids.
That's why he founded a group encouraging dads and father figures to play an active role in early childhood literacy.
Joining me now is the president and founder [snorts] of the Library Dads, Karey Arnold.
Karey, thank you for joining me.
So, tell us why you started the Library Dads and what your group really is all about.
Yeah, absolutely. I started it because I wanted a place to bond with my daughter, and so I started taking her to the library every single week.
Needed a place to to get outside the house.
Um, and after doing that for a year straight, I realized the cognitive benefits that she was getting.
I realized the bonding component that we were engaging in together, but I was missing this brotherhood component, a place where I could connect with other dads.
And so, there came the Library Dads.
In July 2024, we had our first event, and we said we're going to stick with our three pillars: bonding, books, and brotherhood.
We want to build lifetime bonds with our kids, create lifelong readers in our kids, and then be able to do life with the community, a community of dads who are really committed to growing together and then also uplifting our children.
You know, Karey, there are so many resources for new mothers out there.
It's great to see you offering something for new dads who may not know what to do at this point.
So, what have you heard from these other dads about how this community you've built is really impacting them?
Uh, yeah. I think two components is that isola- isolation epidemic that we see right now among men specifically, but especially dads.
Um, it's a it's new territory, and so hearing that they now feel that there are people who can relate to them, which is what we all need as a human species.
Um, and then also hearing about their kids now asking them, "Hey, when are we going back to the library?"
Uh, gravitating more towards books.
I spoke to a dad earlier today, and he said that he for a while would just always hand the kid the iPad in the backseat.
But after going to our events, he he says, "We're talking, you know, when we're in the car now."
And uh someone told me that they they took our advice about listening to children's podcast while you're in the car, a way to help expand their vocabulary and grow their imagination.
And so, yeah, hearing a lot of great great feedback and excited that we're able to continue to grow.
We started with, I think, 10 dads, including mine, at our first event, and now we've had over 1,200 dads and kids in total um the last 2 years come to the library.
That's just phenomenal, you know, putting down those screens is one of the best things you can do for your new kids.
So, what are some of your future goals for the Library Dads?
Yeah, absolutely. I think number one for me right now is is seeking mentorship so that we can help scale this.
So, you know, we're 2 years in, and we're still building the infrastructure.
We've had a lot of great programs that um we've done, including one with Grady Hospital, this partnership we announced a few weeks ago, where we're giving new kids, new babies, um their first library, essentially, these literacy kits that we built.
Um we want to be able to grow that, but we need the right mentorship to be able to do that.
So, um I think continuing to build the infrastructure is our biggest goal.
Kari Arnold, you are doing great work.
Please, please, please continue that.
Thank you so much.
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