SeaHorse

FOR fathers, ON fathering…

बाबागिरीवर बोलू काही…

About SeaHorse

Today's fathers are navigating a world that is very different from the one they grew up in. Children are growing up with new challenges, new opportunities, changing social dynamics and an increasingly digital world. At the same time, fathers are becoming more actively involved in raising their children. They want to build stronger relationships, communicate better, handle difficult situations thoughtfully and become the kind of father their children can rely on.


SeaHorse intends to handhold millennials in their journey to raise alphas into happy and responsible adults. 

आजचे वडील अशा जगात बाबागिरीचा मार्ग शोधत आहेत जी दुनिया ते स्वतः ज्या जगात वाढले त्यापेक्षा खूप वेगळी आहे. त्यांची मुले नवीन आव्हाने, नवीन संधी, बदलती सामाजिक गतिशीलता आणि वाढत्या डिजिटल जगात वाढत आहेत. आत्ताचे वडील त्यांच्या मुलांच्या संगोपनात अधिक सक्रियपणे सामील होत आहेत पण नवीन दुनिया मुलांच्या चष्म्यातून समजून घेताना ते भांबावून गेले आहेत. त्यांना मुलांबरोबर मजबूत नातेसंबंध तयार करायचे आहेत, अधिक चांगले संवाद साधायचे आहेत आणि कठीण परिस्थिती विचारपूर्वक हाताळायची आहे.मुख्य म्हणजे, त्यांची मुले ज्या प्रकारावर अवलंबून राहू शकतात अशा प्रकारचे वडील ते बनू इच्छित आहेत. तुम्हीही त्यातलेच एक बाबा, पप्पा किंवा डॅडी आहात ना? अल्फा पिढीतील आपल्या मुलांना आनंदी आणि जबाबदार बनवण्याच्या प्रक्रियेमध्ये तुम्ही सी हॉर्सचे बोट धरू शकता.

The Backdrop

For whatever social, cultural, evolutionary and of course pragmatic reasons, the mother has been at the center stage of parenting space - self-appointed, nominated, chosen, throned as, tricked into, pushed into or caged into! ‘She’ has been performing for centuries with the spotlight on her ‘multi tasking’ talents. She is tired and burned out! Societies don’t see a solution to this new age rope walking between career and child raising by the Moms. But very complex concerns at times have a very simple solution. How Isaac Newton’s carpenter found one ‘higher order’ solution when Newton at Trinity college wanted two cat flaps for his door! Consider this, there are two adults in the family, ‘A’ was exclusively looking into bread earning and the ‘B’ was exclusively raising children. B started taking over A’s role along with the original role and led to a question – who would take up child raising? Very complex social issue. Newton’s carpenter would have simply said – let A take over B’s role in the proportion of B taking over A’s role. Hmm, how did we as society missed this point! There is a high-potential yet highly unnoticed, unexplored, unutilized element in the universe of responsible parenting - the father! 

SEAHORSE intends to shift the spotlight from the mothers to the fathers. The Babas are out there eager to or pushed into responsible parenting. But they have to be given access to the parenting wisdom of child raising collected over centuries by mothers. We at SeaHorse believe in sharing these tricks of the trade with these new age stocks of parenting potential – the fathers. Stretching this concept of focusing the hither to unfocussed we have two more shockers: the fathering coaching we intend to offer is exclusively for fathers of 4 to 12 years old. (Too many avenues are available to deal with 0 to 4 years of parenting. From 4 onwards kids appear independent and on their own when parents put the process on auto cruise mode till the rebel version appears from nowhere. We believe this actually is the golden time when socio cognitive foundation gets built with a lot of role for parents to play. Thus, we focus hither to neglected age arrange. (Why don’t we wish to coach 12+? Well, it is too complex for us to deal with!  

 Secondly, yet another hither to unaddressed area is medium of coaching and guidance! Yes, the services are predominantly in Marathi! 

So exclusively for fathers? YES

Exclusive focus of children between 4 to 12? YES

Marathi as the primary mode of interactions? YES

Here we roll holding Babas hands! Why should Moms have all the fun!

Activities

  • Webinars / series of webinars / online empowerment programs
  • Website and web-community
  • WhatsApp community 
  • Ongoing guidance through social media
  • Offline seminars through schools 
  • Use of social and conventional media for awareness
  • Individual or small group hand held guidance  

Founder's Vision

Dr Asmita Huddar

" Working in the area of disability management and inclusion, role of family in child development was too basic a point for me to have missed. In fact, it was highlighted as a key action point for rehabilitation professionals from theory to practice. Hence, parenting had always been a core area of concern for me for the last 40 years."

We are transforming the parenting space into a happy and responsible zone where the fathers are willing and equipped to play their role ensuring equal parenting.

Testimonials

SeaHorse …

माझ्या शालेय मित्राकडून या बद्दल ऐकलं आणि थोडं कुतुहल जागृत झालं. माझा मुलगा ५ वर्षाचा होईल. त्या धर्तीवर बरेचसे प्रश्न, शंका मनात खूप वर्षापासून घर करून होत्याच. पण माझ्या जीवनाशी समरूप आणि लागू पडणाऱ्या सूचना किंवा मार्गदर्शन म्हणावे तसे मिळायचे नाही... अर्थात पालकत्व हे इतके बहुआयामी आहे की कितीही केले , ऐकले, अनुभवले तरीही काहीतरी अपूर्ण आहे याची जाणीव सतत राहायची. यातली बरीचशी पोकळी डॉ अस्मिता यांनी भरून काढली. अत्यंत व्यावहारिक आणि अनुभवसंपन्न असा वावर, विचार त्यामुळे पालकत्व नव्याने उलगडले. पालकांचे career सुद्धा तेवढेच महत्वाचे आहे हे खूप उत्तम रित्या अधोरेखित केले. वयाच्या विविध टप्प्यावर Guilt, greed आणि jealousy कशी सांभाळायची हे उत्तम रित्या समजावून सांगण्यात डॉ अस्मिता यांचा खरंच हातखंडा आहे. थोडक्यात ४-१२ वयोगटात, वडिल मूल यांच्या नात्यात एक सहजपणा जर आणायचा असेल तर बाबागिरी नक्की अनुभवावी. खूप खूप शुभेच्छा डॉ अस्मिता आणि टीम यांच्यासाठी !!


हर्षवर्धन

Lots of Thanks to Team SEA HORSE for arranging a truly mindful webinar on BABAGIRI...... The example of what a SEA Horse does in his life for his children is one of the best example that corelates with our children as their Baba..... All the sessions were definitely useful for implementing the changes from root level with our children...Lots of Best efforts were taken by Dr.Asmita Madam,Sachin Sir and Prachi Madam for this initiative in making this subject much practical with lots of Example....Definitely waiting for the Next webinar by SEA HORSE


Dr.Abhishek Bedarkar (Nagpur)

I had a wonderful experience attending the workshop on Parenting Skills for Fathers. The concept was excellent and highly relevant, as these are essential aspects of parenting that every father should understand and practice. Although the pointers discussed may seem basic, they are extremely important and serve as a valuable reminder of our responsibilities as fathers. The session was conducted very well, with meaningful interactions and open discussions that made it engaging and effective. Overall, it was an insightful and worthwhile initiative that encourages fathers to become more mindful, involved, and supportive parents. Thank you for organizing such a valuable workshop!


Sachin Shinde, Pimpri-Chinchwad

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