• memory

    5 July, 2024

    The other day I woke up to my daughters printing out digital photos and carefully compiling them into a photo album. I was inspired! The best part was that we enjoyed some precious time travelling down memory lane, reminiscing together.

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • Dads4Kids

    21 June, 2024

    Dads4Kids founders Warwick and Alison Marsh have massive hearts. As their eldest son, I’ve witnessed first-hand their Phar Lap-sized tickers for Australia and the World. It’s right there in the hand-drawn blue heart of the Dads4Kids logo.

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • Fantastical Fathering

    7 June, 2024

    Dads, spark your children’s imaginations! Stoke their curiosity! Be the fantastical father who fires up their brain synapses and inspires them to find their place in the world. You won’t regret it.

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • dad story

    24 May, 2024

    Our society needs to bring the proverbial pendulum back into alignment, and focus on fostering positive masculine and feminine roles. If you’ve been knocked down, please, don’t give up. Press on and choose to rewrite your dad story today!

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • manhood / masculinity

    10 May, 2024

    Our forefathers would roll in their graves (and they’d roll their eyes too if they could) if they knew some 21st-century Westerners put ‘toxic’ and ‘masculinity’ in the same sentence. The truth is that healthy masculinity is a marvellous force for good.

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • love bank

    27 April, 2024

    The concept of a Love Bank was first developed by best-selling author Dr Willard Harley in 1986. Put simply, it is how we keep track of the way each person treats us. When it comes to being excellent fathers for our children, The Love Bank is a very useful concept.

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • Nat and daughters with Colin Buchanan - Stick Together

    20 April, 2024

    Australian singer-songwriter Colin Buchanan is a national living treasure. My family and I are BIG Colin Buchanan fans! So when I logged into Spotify the other week and saw Colin had released a new song, "Stick Together", I immediately had a listen.

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • happy place

    5 April, 2024

    If you can, work towards creating a happy place for your family. Discuss ideas, then start planning and working towards it. Your family happy place could be a screen-free family meal together, a fun bicycle or scooter adventure, or a fancy picnic at your local park.

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • Good Friday

    22 March, 2024

    At Dads4Kids, we’re all about inspiring fathers, but easily, the best way to be inspired is by following Jesus and making him the Lord (King) of your life. After all, how can we expect to be the best fathers we can be if we don’t know the ultimate father, our Father in heaven?

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • The Great Escaper

    8 March, 2024

    The heart-warming new film "The Great Escaper" has been in cinemas across Australia since Thursday. My wife and I don’t get to the movies all that often, but "The Great Escaper" looks like an instant classic, if the trailer is anything to go by.

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • listening

    16 February, 2024

    Phones, and screens in general, are kryptonite when it comes to active listening and being fully engaged with our families. For better or worse, they’re part of modern life, but every family needs to find ways to manage these pesky attention-stealers.

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • memories

    9 February, 2024

    Since 2004, Dads4Kids founder Warwick Marsh and a fantastic team of volunteers have hosted the annual Dads4Kids Fun Camp. As the name suggests, it’s all about dads and their kids camping together and having fun.

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • celebrating Australia Day

    25 January, 2024

    I’ll be forever grateful my parents facilitated the celebration of special days like Australia Day for my siblings and me. If you can, make sure you celebrate special days with your family and friends, too.

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • boxes

    12 January, 2024

    As a dad now for (almost) 16 years, I’m continuously amazed at how much curiosity and creativity my daughters possess. One of our critical roles as dads is to foster and facilitate this curiosity and creativity as much as possible.

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • New Year

    30 December, 2023

    Dads4Kids continues to go from strength to strength, and we have some exciting things in store for 2024. Bookings for our next Courageous Online Fathering Course, which has been life-changing for so many dads, are open.

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • Christmas music

    8 December, 2023

    Dads, if you can, do your best to choose the positive for your kids. Lead them, in love, towards the Light. Seek out the better way, and hopefully, you might even discover some great music on the journey.

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • adventure

    24 November, 2023

    Opportunities to seek out adventure are only limited by your imagination and budget, but there are ways to escape inexpensively. An adventure together was exactly what the girls and I needed, and an educational road trip could be a good place to start.

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • heroes

    10 November, 2023

    Not all heroes wear capes. Mostly, they’re just everyday people. As we approach International Men’s Day on November 19, take some time to think about the heroes and positive male role models in your life.

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • contender

    28 October, 2023

    Don’t be like Brando’s character Terry Malloy in "On the Waterfront"; instead, be a contender! Fight for your family – your kids will thank you one day.

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • adventure

    13 October, 2023

    Here's the thing about adventures: not only are they educational and great fun; they create incredible, never-to-be-forgotten memories that you and your kids will cherish forever.

    Nathaniel Marsh

  • adventure

    6 October, 2023

    Humans were designed for adventure. Boys and men, especially, are hard-wired for it. That’s why each year, Dads4Kids holds a Dads and Kids Fun Camp.

    Nathaniel Marsh

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