Protecting Our Childrens 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 dest...read more
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 newsag...read more
Men are Bigger Sooks than Women
I am a sook. Yes, it is now out in the open. Everyone knows now! I rarely go a week without crying. Tears are an occupational health hazard if your mission is to turn the tide of fatherlessness. I am crying for others or crying for myself or maybe a ...read more
A Manfully Alive
Manhood is a wonderful creation, as is womanhood. The masculine is magnificent as much as the feminine is fabulous. Men and women are gloriously different. It is only those who are obsessed with the ideology of gender androgyny who refuse to accept t...read more
Greater Love
You may remember that I recently told the story of Gallipoli VC awardee Captain Shout in a special edition of Dads4Kids about the upcoming Train the Trainer Summit. Imagine my surprise on having dinner with Mark Jeffery, one of the Dads4Kids Board Me...read more
Get Your Heart Back
We are in the middle of celebrating Easter. Our children think that Easter is all about chocolate eggs and rabbits, but of course it is really about something far deeper and stronger. Good Friday is called 'good' because it celebrates the death of ...read more
Invitation to Courageous Action
At Gallipoli, on the morning of 9th August 1915, with a small party of soldiers, Aussie Dad and soldier Alfred Shout charged down trenches strongly occupied by the enemy and personally threw four bombs among them, killing eight and routing the rema...read more