Fathers

Involved Dads Give Kids an Edge (Canada)

September 15, 2011
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September 15, 2011 — New data from a long-running study of Canadian families suggest that fathers play a key role in their children's intellect and behavior. Compared with children with absentee fathers, children whose fathers were present and ac...
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A father’s day gift from Labor and the Greens: increased fatherlessness

September 2, 2011
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Virtually every major social pathology has been linked to fatherlessness: violent crime, drug and alcohol abuse, truancy, teen pregnancy, suicide – all correlate more strongly to fatherlessness than to any other single factor. The majority of pri...
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Kids to be denied their Fathers, because of ONE Man’s vote – Tony Windsor

July 20, 2011
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Please read the following letter that was sent to Tony Windsor, Federal Member for New England, on the proposed 2011 child custody/family law changes currently before Parliament, designed to prevent most separated fathers from having contact with thei...
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The Feminist Trojan Horse in Family Law

May 30, 2011
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Federal Member for Dawson, George Christensen, attacks the Gillard Labor government's changes to the Family Law Act which will water down provisions giving non-custodial parents (mostly fathers) equal access to their children. Transcript from Hans...
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Free Parenting Seminar – Fatherhood is a contact sport (Adelaide, South Australia)

May 4, 2011
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Are you the father or mother of a baby or young child? Do you want to know how father-baby bonding works and why it matters? Free Parenting Seminar – Fatherhood is a contact sport. Come and hear Dr Richard Fletcher, author of ’The Dad Fact...
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Mean spirited ideology or a presumption that every child wants the love of both parents in equal measure

April 7, 2011
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Family violence has, in recent years, been subjected to a very short sighted restricted analysis that is based on stereotypes of victims and abusers. Typically, the "victim" is depicted as a timid, oppressed female and the abuser is portrayed as a brut...
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The Baby Shed: a hands on workshop for new dads (Eastlakes, Sydney)

April 3, 2011
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Venue: SENC at BKK Shopping Centre Eastlakes Dates: 14th, 21st & 28th May 2011 10am – Noon SENC Family Support Project at South East Neighbourhood Centre is pleased to offer The Baby Shed, a hands-on workshop for new fathers originally devel...
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