How did the National Shared Parenting Association come about?
Randy Liberet, a father from Regina belonging to Weekend Dads felt a need to disassociate himself from such labels as “Weekend Dad”. having some experience in marketing, he decided that perhaps creating a National Shared Parenting Association might better explain to others what we wish to accomplish. After convincing his colleagues in Regina and Saskatoon to the merits of his idea, a decision was reached to re-name their respective chapters of Weekend Dads The Regina chapter of the National Shared Parenting Association and Saskatoon chapter of the National Shared Parenting Association. However so as to not lose the identity of the original group, for which much marketing was also in place, a decision to retain the Weekend Dads name was made to avoid confusion and smooth the transition for those familiar with the Weekend Dads name in Regina and Saskatoon. Hence Weekend Dads still exists in Regina and Saskatoon. However they are also local affiliate chapters of the National Shared Parent
