A unique new program designed and delivered by mature-aged men to help re-employ mature-aged men is now available. A Pilot for the Program has been conducted this year in both metropolitan and regional areas of Victoria. The 45 + Program Pilot was part...
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Building social skills: Cameron McKay enjoys a romp with his three-year-old twins Thomas and Madison. Photo: James Alcock
Children with involved fathers have better social skills, more successful relationships, stronger self esteem, more self-control and higher grades than those who do not.
They are also less likely to be overweight, suspended from school or...
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Building social skills: Cameron McKay enjoys a romp with his three-year-old twins Thomas and Madison. Photo: James Alcock
Children with involved fathers have better social skills, more successful relationships, stronger self esteem, more self-control and higher grades than those who do not.
They are also less likely to be overweight, suspended from school or...
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In this month's issue:
Reflections on Fathers Day by Andrew King
Daddy issues: Collective blind spot on parental leave pay
Prostate Cancer new report on the next generation
new men’s health services training programs
2013 Ten to Men Annual Works...
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Stay-at-home dads are a growing legion. Photo: Getty Images
Stay-at-home dads aren't really a mystery. They're not wrapped in riddles. They shouldn't be an enigma. They are, in fact, legion. A small, undermanned legion, to be sure, but growing in stre...
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Stay-at-home dads are a growing legion. Photo: Getty Images
Stay-at-home dads aren't really a mystery. They're not wrapped in riddles. They shouldn't be an enigma. They are, in fact, legion. A small, undermanned legion, to be sure, but growing in stre...
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Berry, NSW South Coast 13-15 September
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Head or Heart?
As men we are genera...
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Tuesday 24 September 2013 7.00am for a 7:30am start - 9.30am National Press Club of Australia $70.00 per person
The Menslink Business Breakfast is a great opportunity for leading Canberrans to show their support for a truly local charity and a great c...
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"Mark" and "Lucy" had been together for three years, on and off, at school when, aged 16, Lucy became pregnant. Soon after, the relationship ended. "I told her I'd broken up with her but I hadn't broken up with our baby," says Mark, now 20. "Right from the beginning, I wanted to...
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Men’s Health in NSW Planning Meeting August 13 1pm – 3.30pm
Conference Room B Level 4 Ozanam Learning Centre, 99 Forbes Street Woolloomooloo
Dear MHFNSW Members and Supporters,
The NSW Ministry of Health will not be replacing the current NSW Men’s Health Action Plan with another plan or policy. New South Wales was the first...
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A screengrab from a documentary called This is What Winning Looks Like, produced by Ben Anderson. The film looks at the practice of bacha bazi, or "boy play", in Afghanistan.
U.S. Marine Maj. Bill Steuber, like most people in...
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Rise in hostility: Justice David Collier. Photo: Sahlan Hayes
Allegations of child sexual abuse are being increasingly invented by mothers to stop fathers from seeing their children, says a retiring Family Court judge.
Justice David Collier, retiring ...
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Tags: false allegations
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