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2houses Makes Co-Parenting Easier | TechCrunch

November 4, 2011
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2houses Makes Co-Parenting Easier | TechCrunch

Today, 2houses launches in public beta, offering separated or divorced parents a set of digital tools to easily communicate about and make arrangements with regards to their children. This is obviously a large – and, in my opinion, unfortunately a gr...
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Schoolboys thrive on risk at recess

October 21, 2011
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Schoolboys thrive on risk at recess

On a Razor's edge … students show their scooter skills at Tudor House. Photo: Brendan Esposito FOR generations children have complained that school can be cruel and unusual punishment. Now it seems some headmasters are listening, introducing mo...
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Porn is not a dirty word

October 16, 2011
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Porn is not a dirty word

About 82 per cent of porn users in Australia are male and 55 per cent married, a survey of 1000 users found. Many men believe pornography is harmless and women should stop banging on about it. 'MY WIFE doesn't show much enthusiasm for sex. She will pa...
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Porn is not a dirty word

October 16, 2011
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Porn is not a dirty word

About 82 per cent of porn users in Australia are male and 55 per cent married, a survey of 1000 users found. Many men believe pornography is harmless and women should stop banging on about it. 'MY WIFE doesn't show much enthusiasm for sex. She will pa...
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National Geographic seeks male victim/survivor of domestic violence for prime-time documentary

October 10, 2011
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Sarah Isaac is currently researching the topic of men as victims of domestic violence at National Geographic and is looking for a younger male victim/survivor who is happy to talk on camera. The reason behind this being that they want to highlight tha...
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Swimming in the dark is no barrier for man who is blind

September 29, 2011
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For many, losing their sight is the worst thing they could imagine happening to them. More than 30 years ago, this fear became reality for Melburnian, Allan Bates. “I had an accident in my teens resulting in the loss of the left eye. I developed ...
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Male teacher numbers falling over abuse and pay concerns

September 22, 2011
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FEAR of being accused of child sex crimes and higher pay in non-government schools are being blamed for a 4 per cent fall in the number of men teaching in NSW public schools. While the number of male teachers in private schools has risen 20 per cent, g...
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How are mood, stress and our sex lives related?

September 16, 2011
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You’re feeling down or chronically stressed. Is your sex life suffering the consequences? Low mood, stress and our (waning) sex lives often are closely related, right? Maybe not for men; recent research has found that depression and anxiety symp...
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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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In Study, Fatherhood Leads to Drop in Testosterone (USA)

September 14, 2011
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This is probably not the news most fathers want to hear. Testosterone, that most male of hormones, takes a dive after a man becomes a parent. And the more he gets involved in caring for his children — changing diapers, jiggling the boy or girl on...
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Fatherhood ‘lowers testosterone to keep men loyal’ (UK)

September 13, 2011
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Fatherhood ‘lowers testosterone to keep men loyal’ (UK)

  Men appear to be biologically wired to care for their babies, say researchers who have discovered levels of testosterone go down after fatherhood. This drop in the male hormone presumably makes the dad more family-oriented and less likely to st...
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What Makes a Strong Co-Parenting Father? (Podcast)

September 12, 2011
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We could have entitled this week's show, "What Makes a Strong Co-Parent?" After all, both mothers and fathers require strength for their parenting journeys.  But it's fathers whom our culture all-too-often treat as playing expendable, secondary, o...
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The Family Court, where fathers are the victim

September 6, 2011
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The Federal Labor government appears bent on making it easier for mothers in Family Court proceedings to make false accusations about fathers being violent and abusing their children. Such accusations are a routine part of...
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Women’s rights push dads aside

September 3, 2011
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It is hard to fathom that the law would exclude a loving father from the life of his child on social policy grounds. Yet this is what occurred recently in NSW when a non-biological lesbian mother successfully applied to have the name of the father, a s...
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SA family law changes will ‘demonise dads’

September 3, 2011
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Planned changes to South Australia's Family Law Act will demonise dads in the courts and deprive more children of their right to a mother and father, some men's groups say. More children would be murdered if Labor and the Greens got their way with a bi...
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Fathers’ Presence Linked To Enhanced Intellect, Well-Being Among Children (Canada)

September 3, 2011
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Fathers who actively engage in raising their children can help make their offspring smarter and better behaved, according to new research from Concordia University.  Published in the Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, the long-term stud...
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