Nahee.app's family programming series
OPEN CALL FOR DADDIESNahee is looking for daddy residents who will raise her future baby together.
Application deadline is July 31 2025.
Nahee Kim who is IRL extended version of Nahee.app plans to have a baby by herself in the near future with sperm donation. She is looking for daddy residents who are going to dedicate a certain amount of time in their life to raise the baby. Daddy residents will live together with Nahee and the baby in the same house which is supposed to be located in nice area either in South Korea or the United States close to nature and get stipend during their residency period.
The term residency, which is the term used for the programs run by art-related institutions to invite artists within their premises and offer conditions encouraging creativity, is applied in this ‘daddy residency’ also. The aim of this residency program is providing time and space for the applicants to think about their meaning of caring as a parent and creatively define the existing family system together.
The term residency, which is the term used for the programs run by art-related institutions to invite artists within their premises and offer conditions encouraging creativity, is applied in this ‘daddy residency’ also. The aim of this residency program is providing time and space for the applicants to think about their meaning of caring as a parent and creatively define the existing family system together.
☞⇢ opportunity to experience parenting in real life for either 3 or 6 months
☞⇢ place to stay
☞⇢ stipend (about $700/month)
☞⇢ daddy master classes
☞⇢ invitations to annual family retreat
☞⇢ recommendation letter for each daddy’s future partner about their acheivement
☞⇢ place to stay
☞⇢ stipend (about $700/month)
☞⇢ daddy master classes
☞⇢ invitations to annual family retreat
☞⇢ recommendation letter for each daddy’s future partner about their acheivement
☞⇢ older than 30 by the time the residency starts
☞⇢ speaking English or Korean fluently
☞⇢ attending all daddy master classes before the residency starts
☞⇢ relocating to Nahee’s house during the residency period
☞⇢ attending weekly parent meetings during the residency period
☞⇢ posting a baby journal every week during the residency period
☞⇢ speaking English or Korean fluently
☞⇢ attending all daddy master classes before the residency starts
☞⇢ relocating to Nahee’s house during the residency period
☞⇢ attending weekly parent meetings during the residency period
☞⇢ posting a baby journal every week during the residency period
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Q1) What’s the difference between being a daddy resident and babysitting?
Q2) Is a married person also eligible to apply?
Q3) Does a daddy applicant have to be a male-identified person?
Q4) Why do you launch this open call seven years before the residency begins?
Q5) What is daddy master class?
Q6) Who’s going to be the baby’s biological father?
Q7) What if Nahee marries someone before the start of the residency?
You will rear the baby with me. This residency is not for asking residents to care for the child instead of me. The actual time with the baby will be temporary but you will be one of the ‘parents’ of my child and will be asked to keep this relationship for the rest of your and my baby’s life (if you want to).
Q2) Is a married person also eligible to apply?
Yes.
Q3) Does a daddy applicant have to be a male-identified person?
No, this residency is open to all gender.
Q4) Why do you launch this open call seven years before the residency begins?
Becoming a parent is serious business and hard work. I want to give plenty of time to me and the applicants to think about whether they are ready to be a parent.
Q5) What is daddy master class?
I plan to invite selected applicants’ inspirational caregivers in one place and ask them to give classes to the residents. The classes could happen in any format in which they(inspirational daddies) want to share their experience and knowledge about having and caring a baby.
Q6) Who’s going to be the baby’s biological father?
I'm working on creating Daddy.app which is artificial intelligence to help Nahee develop her dynamic family in real life. Nahee and Daddy.app will dream together about their ideal baby. The features of the biological father of the baby will be determined based on what they are dreaming.
Q7) What if Nahee marries someone before the start of the residency?
Nahee will try best to make this residency happen. Let's hope that her partner can understand this situation.
