War on Our Children
We live in an increasingly bizarre world which is at War with itself, The war has been against women and mothers in particular. The war has shifted over the last several decades to be against men and fathers. Increasingly this war is being waged agai...read more
No Man Can take Dads Place
Brendan Hayward is a brave young man who is again baring his soul to all my blog readers to help them understand how important they are to their children. I shared his story many years ago but good stories are worth repeating. Good stories that inspi...read more
Giving Life Meaning
Next Saturday, 28 May 2016, we celebrate Australia's thirteenth National Day of Thanks. It is a day we can use to say 'thank you' to those around us. I am thankful to say that I have been privileged to be part of this national celebration from its e...read more
Learning from Our Children
Music is a wonderful gift. It can transport you to places you would never normally go. You might say that I am a little biased, having spent half my life as a musician, songwriter and producer. Some time ago, at a marriage retreat my wife and I at...read more
Men and Women are DIfferent
When we were bringing up our boys in the eighties it was the vogue to suggest that boys and girls are trained to be the sex they represent by people’s expectations and gender manipulations. Almost anyone my age believed it. I carefully watched my own...read more
Dads Joys
We as Dads have to savour the moments. My friend and devoted father, Greg McInerney, describes these moments; for example, your 8 year old daughter “at the end of the game when she sneaks in a hug, all your dad DNA does a happy dance too”. I call the...read more
A Revolutionary Act
I will always remember the day in 2003 I took a leading UK feminist, Adrienne Burgess, to federal parliament in Canberra to meet with feminist parliamentarians in the Labor Party. Adrienne Burgess, whilst a former hard-line Trotskyist, had realised ...read more