Fatherhood

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…

The Inadequacy Industry The Inadequacy Industry – my term for the collusion between media, government, and corporations to trick us…

Comedian, Father of Four and Homebirther Dad From the video clip, Mr. Universe, a comedy special released in August 2012: "People are like, 'you didn't want…

Fathering has a lot to offer a man. Fathers are happier and derive more meaning from everyday activities than men without children. But fatherhood can also be a…

On The Book, by Meryn Callander "At last someone has come up with the courage to tackle one of the most insidious epidemics in American life. When men leave…

Throughout our history mothers breastfeeding their babies has run the spectrum from feast to famine. Very long ago nearly every mother breastfed; nature…

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…

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…

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…

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…