June 2004

  • young child

When They Are Very Young

I was 27 years old when, on my first day of teaching, I was presented with a class full of ten-year-old children. I remember thinking that I hadn’t seen or spoken to a ten-year-old since I was ten. I felt equally inadequate a few years later when I was handed my firstborn child. My knowledge of what was required of me was limited to an understanding that this creature was a ...

By |2021-06-18T15:23:30+10:00June 21st, 2004|NEW DADS, Babies, Children, FAMILIES, SINGLE DADS|1 Comment
  • teachers - fathers

Teachers versus Fathers

The observation that separated couples rarely get along with each other would come as no revelation to anyone. It is generally relationship problems that lead to the separation in the first place. Yet these relationship difficulties are often used by the Family Court as the basis for refusing shared parenting and for restricting a father’s contact with his children. I know of one case where a judge, who found no fault ...

By |2021-06-29T11:13:56+10:00June 3rd, 2004|SINGLE DADS, FAIRNESS & JUSTICE|0 Comments
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