The Down To Earth Dad

The Down To Earth Dad® was founded by Patrick Mitchell in 1999 to help programs, schools, and parents optimize father engagement to enhance children’s cognitive, social, and emotional development—in the early years and beyond.

Patrick’s work helping early-childhood programs, educators, practitioners, schools, and parents reduce negative outcomes associated with father absence, and boost positive outcomes associated with father presence, has taken place at the forefront of the father-involvement movement.