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Loving Relationships Bring Life
The saying, 'the friendless owner of the world is poor' could well be changed to, 'the friendless owner of the world is sick'. Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, have identified a distinct pattern of gene expression in immune cells from people who experience chronically high levels of loneliness. 'The study provides a molecular framework for understanding why ...
Living Letters
We are all living letters to our children, and our children’s children. This really came through to me at a Fatherhood Success Seminar I recently conducted in Coffs Harbour, NSW. One of the dads at the seminar shared with the group about the 250 letters that his father had written to his mother and brothers and sisters when he was ...
The Love Glue
Tarzan’s Grip or Loctite is the best way to glue materials together. Both of these adhesives are commonly called ‘superglues’. But what is the best way to glue families together? Marriage is the superglue that bonds families together like no other adhesive! Marriage protects our children. Marriage guarantees our children’s future. Marriage protects our finances and our children’s finances. Marriage ...
Your Wife is Beautiful
‘Your Wife is Beautiful’ is the title for this week’s newsletter, I proudly announced to my wife. “Why not call it ‘Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder’? or ‘You are Beautiful’?” my wife inquired. She was trying to be inclusive of those readers who are not married to the mother of their children. “No”, I said, “I want ...
Protecting Our Children’s Future
Sociologist David Papenoe said that no civilisation ever survived after its family life deteriorated. But if you don’t believe him, listen to GK Chesterton, “This triangle of truisms, of father, mother and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilisations which disregard it.” If three words could ever sum up the work of Dads4Kids it would be ‘father, mother, ...
Keeping it Zipped
I am getting older, so my testosterone is dropping, but when I see a naked woman, it is hard not to look twice. The trouble is that these days, naked women are everywhere and they always seem to be looking straight back at me. When I go to the newsagents to buy my daily copy of the Australian, the naked ...
The Bank of Love
Some time ago I went on a retreat with a group of men. One of the subjects for discussion was the place of our families in our lives. Most of the men were professional, ‘middle management’, if there is such a thing. Most of us felt the intense pressure of ‘trying to keep the customer satisfied’. Many had put their ...
The Valentines Day Challenge
Yes, it is Valentine’s Day this Friday 14 February, and the first thing you are going to say is, “What does Valentine’s Day have to do with dads?” Actually, quite a lot! Firstly it was the passion of love for the woman of your dreams that got you into being a father in the first place. Remember when you could ...
Fatherhood – The Missing Part of The Educational Puzzle
We start the school year knowing that Australia’s educational standards are dropping and yet Australians, on a median basis, are the wealthiest people group in the world. Is more money spent on education the answer, or is something else the missing part of the educational puzzle? Educational experts in Australia have argued in favour of billions of dollars of extra ...
With This Ring
We have talked before about our children leaving home and the family decreasing in size and the sadness of that moment. For a big, close family, it can be a sort-of death experience for both mum and dad, but I have some good news for you. Out of death comes life. The greatest selling book of all time say, “For ...
Life-Long Learners
It’s hard to hold back the tears when a man starts being really honest and speaking from his heart. This is especially the case when that same man has just finished the first Good to Great Course to be completed outside the Sydney-Wollongong region. It is even more exciting when that man tells you that his whole relationship with his ...
Moving House Stress
We recently moved house. The house we had been renting for 13 years was sold, and there was no other option. According to the USA Employee Relations Council, moving house is the third most stressful event in life, following death and divorce. Other lists put it lower, but whatever the case, it usually makes the top ten of life’s worst ...
Fathers as Love Leaders
You may wonder why I am so committed to encouraging you to be the best father you can be for your children. I could say that it’s the mountains of sociological studies that show a direct link between fatherlessness and dozens of social problems. Sociologists from all over the globe, through empirical studies, link increased rates of crime, health problems, ...
Miracle in the Media
I am writing this on a flight between Townsville and Cairns, North Queensland, Australia. I am currently on tour with the ‘Absent’ movie and its director Justin Hunt. I say movie because the film is one hour and 29 minutes long and is a brilliant and well crafted expose on the importance of fathers and the effects of fatherlessness. Justin ...
“Yes Dear”
Can I share a secret with you? Only on the condition that you promise not to tell anyone else? The secret is: “My wife makes me look good”. Now that it’s out, it’s all too late. I can’t take it back. That’s why it is so important for you to keep this information to yourself. You see, I always like to ...
Marriage Junkie
I have a confession to make. I’m a ‘marriage junkie’. What is a marriage junkie and why am I one? Maybe it’s because my own mum and dad had such a shocking marriage. The Boys in Blue had to come down and adjudicate the fights. For my brother and I, growing up in World War III was a pretty difficult ...
‘Dinkum Dad’
Another piece of dad’s ‘irony’ was to allow me to do almost anything I liked (within the law), even take his new 1956, two-tone-green FJ Holden, registration GND 535 (that he would park in Kipling Street before leaving the keys on the ‘fridge’ and retiring to the lounge room to read the paper) for an unapproved drive past the milk ...
