Because today's world is fast paced, parenting today is harder than ever. It is easy to get bogged down in life's daily struggles. Researcher Ibrahim Bowers estimated that the typical working father spends about 3 minutes per day with his children. To have a great father-child relationship, it important not to just be in the same house, but be together----really together.

The Native Sons and Native Daughters Program is a way to grow the bond between a father and his child. Someone once wrote, "a child is not spoiled by giving them what they want, nearly as much as by giving substitutes for what they really want - attention, interest, and understanding." You are a great Dad. Your kid knows it every time you help build a rocket or go on a nature hike or sit around a campfire or climb a rockwall or go with them to an Aeros game or walk in a parade or toboggan down a chute or drive to a campout with them. These events are powerful ways to show to your child that you care and to build memories with him or her that will last a lifetime.

We regularly have 200 children and their fathers that are members of our Cuyahoga Valley Native Sons and Native Daughters. We are stronger than ever because our kids are important to us. We are stronger than ever because we love our families. Our organization represents YOU and YOUR CHILD and about all of us building relationships together.