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The Well-Being of Children is Being Sacrificed On the Altar of Radical Feminist Legislation

The Childcare Industry and the De-Fathering of Society Part 4 Government funding of the childcare industry was not designed to remove children from their fathers. The fact that it does so is a consequence of the cultural bias against separated fathers that exists in our culture. This bias pervades every aspect and level of society. It means that in the development of government policies, and in the Opposition parties’ response to ...

By Roland Foster|2021-06-13T13:23:03+10:00March 31st, 2003|SINGLE DADS, FAIRNESS & JUSTICE|0 Comments

Social Engineering through Childcare Funding: No Place for Dad

The Childcare Industry and the De-Fathering of Society Part 3 The childcare industry is experiencing phenomenal growth and providing lucrative returns for the owners of private childcare centres. This growth is fed by the provision of government funding for childcare. While the subsidies are designed to encourage mothers of young children to work, the benefits are available also to sole mothers. However the ‘assistance’ sole parents get from other government agencies ...

By Roland Foster|2021-06-13T13:22:38+10:00March 24th, 2003|SINGLE DADS, FAIRNESS & JUSTICE|0 Comments

Childcare Subsidies: Removing Children from Their Parents Creates Profit for Investors

The Childcare Industry and the De-Fathering of Society Part 2 One of the most notable features of the present Federal Government is its desire to help families. However, the impact of its policies often goes well beyond its intentions. Sometimes, at great expense, a new set of problems is created far greater than those being solved. Consider the Federal Government’s funding of childcare centres. The benefits provided have increased six-fold over ...

By Roland Foster|2021-06-13T13:49:48+10:00March 17th, 2003|SINGLE DADS, FAIRNESS & JUSTICE, FAMILIES, MOTHERS|0 Comments

Childcare: Good Intentions are Paving the Road to a Fatherless Society

The Childcare Industry and the De-Fathering of Society Part 1 Prime Minister John Howard has stated that no previous government has done as much as the present one in helping families. If the degree of help can be measured by the level of government spending on assistance programmes, then this is undeniably true. Mr Howard is clearly genuine in his concern for families and in his compassion for children. His government ...

By Roland Foster|2021-06-18T14:33:19+10:00March 10th, 2003|SINGLE DADS, Children, FAIRNESS & JUSTICE, FAMILIES|0 Comments

Daytime Dads

My last article mentioned a report from the Australian Institute of Family Studies that revealed that an alarmingly high number of children spend the day with their father but never sleep over. These children, and their fathers, are being denied the opportunity for a normal parent/child relationship and all the benefits that accrue from this. They are children who only visit their father. They have no sense of being at home ...

By Roland Foster|2021-06-07T15:11:37+10:00February 24th, 2003|SINGLE DADS, FAIRNESS & JUSTICE, NEWS, RESEARCH & SCIENCE|0 Comments

Child Support

One of the reasons my life has been so good is that I have had a good father. I also want to be a good father to my own children. However, the freedom to make this choice no longer exists for separated fathers in Australian society. Family Law legislation in Australia has removed from me my authority as a father and placed it in the hands of anonymous government bureaucrats who ...

By Roland Foster|2021-06-07T15:06:16+10:00February 17th, 2003|SINGLE DADS, FAIRNESS & JUSTICE, NEWS, RESEARCH & SCIENCE|0 Comments

Family Law: Reform Legislation and Values

Most separated fathers would understand that the most effective way to achieve fairness and equity in family law is through legislative reform. This reform needs to be underpinned and sustained by a change in social values that re-establishes a recognition of the value of fathering. The frontline for both these battles is the federal parliament. It’s worthwhile, therefore, to continue my report on the recent meeting held at Parliament House by ...

By Roland Foster|2021-06-07T14:48:32+10:00November 18th, 2002|SINGLE DADS, FAIRNESS & JUSTICE|0 Comments

Shared Parenting

One of the things I enjoy about spending time with my children is the opportunity to drop everything else I do. This is through necessity as well as through choice, since my children offer me no other option. I’m involved with a number of community groups which require a considerable amount of time, research and thought. As well as this, like most people, I find that I need to work for ...

By Roland Foster|2021-05-21T19:07:08+10:00November 11th, 2002|SINGLE DADS, Children, FAIRNESS & JUSTICE, NEWS, RESEARCH & SCIENCE|0 Comments

Single Dads & the Family Law System

It may by reassuring for separated fathers to know that many federal parliamentarians have some awareness of their plight. The efforts of many men in communicating their experiences and highlighting the injustices inherent in the Family Law System is paying dividends. During the recent meeting of the Fatherhood Foundation/Dads4Kids at Parliament House, Canberra, the following comments were made: Senator Bill Heffernan said that they hear all the time in the party ...

By Roland Foster|2021-05-21T18:45:53+10:00November 4th, 2002|SINGLE DADS, FAIRNESS & JUSTICE, FAMILIES, NEWS, RESEARCH & SCIENCE|0 Comments