Dads in Distress

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Delivering Dad Back to His Children

Wow, what a few weeks. Parkinson's Taskforce Release of suggested reforms, Four Corners, Fatherhood Forum 05, The Lonefathers Conference, the Attorney General's release of suggested reforms. Receiving a beautiful plaque from the Fatherhood Forum in Parliament House for our DIDs work.  My son telling me he is proud of me, my daughter sending me an email of how wonderful she thinks I am, doing the work I do. That she loves ...

By |2021-09-01T13:24:31+10:00July 3rd, 2005|SINGLE DADS, Children, Dads|0 Comments
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Another Humble Lesson in Life

I was travelling through Queensland a few weeks ago opening new Dads in Distress groups, and was convening a meeting that was being held in the back of a new church that had been established in an industrial estate. It was a new meeting and so we didn't know what to expect, how many would turn up or what would happen. As I sat there at the back of this huge ...

By |2021-09-01T17:50:27+10:00June 12th, 2005|SINGLE DADS, Children, Dads, FAMILIES|0 Comments
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Men’s Suicide – Tragedy of Our Nation

Today, the Sydney paper carried a story of a well-known identity, Rene Rivkin, who suicided weeks after splitting from his wife of 32 years. It was front-page news in most of the major papers. A local newspaper here carried a similar sad story of death. It was a well-known local radio announcer here. The newspaper here failed to say what had happened, only that the death was considered not suspicious. We, ...

By |2021-09-01T13:24:47+10:00May 8th, 2005|SINGLE DADS, MENS HEALTH|0 Comments
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Last Night I Had a Passenger

I'm tired. Last night I had just driven from Coffs Harbour to hold a DIDs (Dads in Distress) meeting in Forster, and returned in the early hours of the morning. I am on the road a lot. My car is my office, often it's also my dressing room, and often it's my bedroom. Often on the long hauls, I find myself talking to a very special passenger. My Lord, my Higher ...

By |2021-09-01T13:33:38+10:00April 11th, 2005|FAITH, SINGLE DADS|0 Comments
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