Several months ago I read a story in Time Magazine about Ritt Bjerregaard, who is the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen. The story intrigued me because she is a staunch supporter of men being father’s and investing into the lives of their children. She started a campaign in Copenhagen called “The Daddy Forever” campaign. Lord May0r Ritt Bjerregaard also encourages all “new” fathers to take their six week paid vacation when they have a new child. She provides each new father with a “Daddy Pack” which consists of certain items for new dads. How cool is that??? I love that she is doing this! Why can’t we see that type of support here in the U.S.? It’s pretty amazing isn’t it?

So, being that I was so intrigued and encouraged by what she is doing I thought that I would send her a couple of books and tell her how thankful I was for all that she was doing to encourage men to be dads! Last month I received a response from Lord Mayor and I was completely blown away. The fact that she would respond to me encouraged me to continue on my task to be a small voice in a noisy world saying that dads matter.

I have put up the letter so that you can all check it out!

Peace,

Gabriel

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