Fatherhood
What meaning and hilarity do the real words of a two year-old take on when a grown man says them? Take a look at this side-splitting re-enactment created by dad, Matthew Clark, from Warmland Films. This is the first ep...
Leaning Together: How to be a Happy Working Dad, Part One
A new report finds that fitting work with family isn’t just a women’s issue. Jeremy Adam Smith offers 10 tips for helping fathers to navigate a changing landscape at home and on the job. When the Pew R...
Breast is Best… for Dads Too!
Throughout our history mothers breastfeeding their babies has run the spectrum from feast to famine. Very long ago nearly every mother breastfed; nature obviously had a good plan. During less distant times mothers&n...
True love
I stood at the doorway of my daughter’s bedroom one night as her father tucked her in and said goodnight. ‘Daddy, you’re my true love’, she said as she wrapped her tiny arms around his neck. Graci...
I used to ‘have a life’ (Now I have a bigger one) Life as a stepdad...
When I first began falling in love with Leigh, I couldn’t really relate to her kids. Initially I kept away from them, not wanting to create any attachment that could create trauma should Leigh and I decide not to b...
Green Tram
Zachary was so excited, he was nearly beside himself with excitement. This was to be his big day out in Melbourne. He had graciously accepted my offer to go and catch a tram — nay, he had grabbed the opportunity wi...
A Child gives Birth to the Man
As a child of the fifties, my idea of childbirth came from old American sitcoms. The mother is closeted away, the father chain-smokes pacing the hospital waiting room. After some magical process, a nurse displays a neat ...
Leading from the Trenches – a man’s approach to parenting
Another day is over and I watch my sons while they sleep. I’ve closed their bedroom windows, pulled the covers over their shoulders and now — before I leave their rooms — I say a quick prayer for them a...
The Gift of Time
One of the most important gifts we can give our children is time. By turning off the television you have automatically granted a child several hours a day for fostering an imagination that will lead to a lifetime o...
Men of Colour in a White World 3: Melissa’s Story
Fathers? Oh, where to begin. Not with my own father, who was raised with a refugee’s violence and loss, and passed some of it on. Let me speak instead of some indigenous men I know — men of colour in a white ...







