The Fatherhood Project

An Online Parenting Course for Dads Who Want to Show Up Steady, Informed and Connected

*If you are from outside Australia, please purchase via Etsy here.

Becoming a father is one of the most significant transitions a man will ever experience.

Yet very few dads are given structured, emotionally intelligent support to prepare for it.

So much of pregnancy and birth education rightly centres mothers — but fathers are navigating a profound identity shift too. There is pressure. There is responsibility. There are emotions that often go unnamed.

The Fatherhood Project is an online parenting course for dads designed to change that.

This five-part video series gives men practical tools, grounded knowledge and emotional insight so they can step into birth and early parenthood with confidence — not as a bystander, but as a steady and involved partner.

This isn’t about “helping.”
It’s about learning how to lead your role well.

What’s Inside

This online parenting course for dads includes:

Labour and Birth 101
A clear, no-nonsense understanding of labour and birth so dads walk into the room informed and calm.

The Early Postpartum Days
What the newborn stage really looks like — emotionally, physically and relationally — and how to navigate it without withdrawing or burning out.

Staying Grounded: Emotional Regulation Tools for Dads
Practical strategies to manage stress, anxiety and overwhelm during a high-pressure season.

Love, Conflict & Connection After Baby
How to protect your relationship when sleep deprivation and new roles test even strong partnerships.

Becoming a Confident Dad: Learning Together & Sharing the Mental Load
How involvement, initiative and shared responsibility build real confidence in fatherhood.

Who This Course Is For

• First-time dads who want to feel prepared and capable
• Mums who want their partner informed and emotionally steady
• Midwives and doulas who believe regulated fathers support better births
• Families who understand that supporting dads strengthens the whole home

When fathers feel grounded, families feel safer.
When dads understand what’s happening, tension decreases.
When emotional regulation improves, connection deepens.

Supporting fathers isn’t a bonus. It’s foundational.

Access & Community

This online parenting course for dads is delivered via private video playlist access. Watch at your own pace. Revisit anytime.

You’ll also gain access to our private Fatherhood Project community — a space for ongoing support, conversation and connection with other dads walking the same road.

The Fatherhood Project is the first pillar in Earthside’s broader commitment to supporting families through the transition to parenthood — with future series and expansions already in development.

Fatherhood doesn’t require perfection.
It requires presence.