A Word from Our Founder:

Kashaun Cooper, Sr.

If I never become rich, famous, or own a house or fancy car, I have the greatest opportunity to make a difference in society through my children.

Our children are our personalized thumbprint on the earth. The supreme investment we as fathers can make aren’t in stocks, bonds, or real estate, rather it is investing in our children. The rate of return is based on how much we invest in our children.

Our success in life is too big for one generation. Consequently, our success must be passed down. One of the best things about this type of investment is that there isn’t an expiration date. Great fathering goes many generations deep.

I grew up in East Flatbush Brooklyn, New York.  I’m the only male and the oldest of three siblings My household was filled with love and laughter however, my father was abusive towards myself and my mother. At the age of six I suffered from a fatherless home for six years.

Music became my outlet for the emotional turmoil that I endured at such a tender age.  I started playing the drums at age 7.  I played in my school’s jazz band.   Although music is my passion, business management is my area of expertise.  Throughout my career, I have predominantly held leadership roles.  This bore my complete understanding of how good leadership impacts a group of people’s development.

As I matured and began a family of my own, I noticed the cycle of negative behavior manifest in my own through interactions with my wife and children.  At my first observation, I knew that I had to put a stop to it immediately.  I love my family from the depths of my soul and want to leave them a legacy of positive moral ground, strong ethics, and cultural values of which I was deprived.  I refuse to give them less than I am capable of.  They deserve the best and I know that I can give it to them.  I needed a solution yet there was no direction or resources available to support me through this process.

I knew that the solution started with me.  I realized that I had to develop my own through a reflection process.  In reflecting, I realized that this issue wasn’t mine alone.  I realized that countless other fathers in my very own community are in some phase of this struggle, breaking the cycle of negative behavior.   For those who have successfully accomplished this, there is no recognition or appreciation.

There was no positive reinforcement or support for this vital issue that was perpetually destroying lives of children, women, whole families, and their communities.  From this need, Fathers Rock was born.