Gyeongbuk Province '100 Dads Group' Completes This Year's Mission with an 'Online Closing Ceremony'

Ministry of Health and Welfare Operating Since 2011... 92 Graduates in 2nd Term This Year Following Last Year in Gyeongbuk

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] The "2nd Gyeongbuk 100 Dads Group," organized by Gyeongbuk Province and the Daegu-Gyeongbuk branch of the Korea Population, Health and Welfare Association, which experiences weekly missions over a year across five areas?play, education, health, daily life, and relationships?with children, has completed all its schedules for this year and held a closing ceremony.

The closing ceremony was held on the 26th at a studio located in Seo-gu, Daegu, conducted online via non-face-to-face video with 92 dads attending while practicing COVID-19 social distancing.

The event organizers selected and awarded two outstanding dads with excellent performance this year, then celebrated the completion of the missions over the past year shared by children and dads through an online wish cake-making activity.

Families who participated in the online talk and real-time quiz event enjoyed the entire event while receiving dining vouchers and gift coupons for chicken and beverages.

The "100 Dads Group" has been operated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare since 2011 under the slogan "Parenting Together, Valuable Happy Parenting." It aims to gather novice dads inexperienced in parenting and dads interested in parenting with children aged 3 to 7 to share concerns and parenting know-how.

The Gyeongsangbuk-do 100 Dads Group started in 2019. The 1st group consisted of 52 dads, and this year’s 2nd group, which held an online launching ceremony in July, has 92 participants.

The main activities involve experiencing weekly missions across five areas?play, education, health, daily life, and relationships?with children on the official dads’ cafe. Offline events such as Dad Camp and Autumn Picnic were planned but were fully canceled due to COVID-19.

Mr. Park (34), selected as an outstanding dad, said, "While completing mission experiences with my child, I built emotional rapport and had time for communication," and Mr. Kwak (41) said, "As a father of two daughters, participating in the activities became an opportunity to strengthen family bonds," expressing regret at the closing ceremony.

Lee Won-kyung, Director of the Gyeongbuk Province Child and Women’s Happiness Bureau, stated, "Through the operation of the 100 Dads Group, more dads are becoming reliable partners in parenting at home rather than just assistants to moms," and pledged, "We will take the lead in creating a parenting atmosphere of empathy and participation with children through dads’ involvement."

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