Stepdads

1503, 2024
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That’s All I Want to Say

By |March 15th, 2024|

Dads, you are important in the lives of your children. Whether you have contact with them or not, you are important. Make your presence count. See what your children are up to, listen to what they are going through, and speak words of encouragement to them.

1208, 2022
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Children Need Father Figures – Stepfathers Have to Step Up

By |August 12th, 2022|

We have all no doubt heard the statistics regarding separation and divorce in this country -- something like 30% of marriages end in divorce, and a huge number of Australian children are forced to cope with life after marital breakdown. The typical divorce scenario in Australia today is that mum ...

3010, 2021
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Involved Fathers Are Indispensable

By |October 30th, 2021|

The role that involved fathers play is vital. The opposite is also true: uninvolved fathers can cause significant wounds. But even these wounds can be redeemed to help others. “An engaged and loving father is the most powerful man-making force on the planet,” writes Earl Hipp in his perceptive article ...

2910, 2021
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‘Dads on Duty’ Deploys Dads in Schools to End Gang Violence

By |October 29th, 2021|

American fathers have launched a new initiative in schools that provides a powerful reminder of the important role dads play in the lives of their children – and the community. To tackle rising school violence, up to 40 dads from Southwood High School in Louisiana have banded together under the ...

3105, 2021
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The Effective Stepfather: A Checklist to Live By

By |May 31st, 2021|

Anyone who has been a father and then a stepfather knows that they aren’t the same. While many aspects of these two roles are similar, it is the unique ones that lead to disillusionment. Franklin put it this way: “I’ve been to every Promise Keepers conference and I’ve studied fathering ...

202, 2019

The High Cost of Putting a Razor to Masculinity

By |February 2nd, 2019|

Gillette has jumped on the #metoo bandwagon, and in the process has derogated masculinity. I have a lot of sympathy for the #metoo movement, because one in four women and one in six men have been sexually assaulted. From my counselling experience, those figures are understated.  It happens a lot ...

207, 2016

Five Myths of Fatherhood

By |July 2nd, 2016|

We are constantly bombarded about fatherhood and family myths by a media who live by the maxim, “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story”. The end result? - the exotic and the statically minor always grab the headlines. The stories of the ordinary fathers who ...

3004, 2016

Good to Great – Extreme Challenge

By |April 30th, 2016|

As I looked down the road into the sun, I saw the silhouettes of a man and a woman walking side by side. The man held a young two year old boy in his arms. The young boy reached and called out for his Mummy. Maybe I got it wrong ...

607, 2013
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Best Advice for Dads

By |July 6th, 2013|

The last day of the Absent Get Fatherhood Back Tour was spent in the “State of Excitement” which of course is Western Australia. This was the tagline found on every WA number plate in years gone by and it still applies today especially in the area of fatherhood. Justin ...

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