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Please click here Issue 271 - 29th October, 2007 Go to our website Here * Hello & Welcome Brian * Grandads * Laughter * Single Dads * Special Feature * Thought of the Week * All You Need is Love * News & Info * Dad's Prayer * Help Us Hello & Welcome Brian In our Single Dads' article last week, John Flanagan from the Non-Custodial Parents/Equal Parenting Party www.ncpp.xisle.info shared part of his amazing story. He also advertised the fact that he needed help in the forthcoming Federal Election with candidates and funding for the Equal Parenting Party's important work in restoring justice and sanity to Australia's heavily skewed Family Law System. You might well ask what is the position of the Fatherhood Foundation in regards to these sorts of matters and I would have to answer you truthfully. The Fatherhood Foundation is bipartisan in its approach, but we are very interested in encouraging men and fathers to be active and to get involved in the political process. We promise to be your cheer squad. James Adams, from Fathers for Families www.fathers4families.org.au has just announced that he will be standing as a candidate for the Family First Party, for the seat of Wentworth (currently held by Malcolm Turnbull). For this we applaud him, and we do the same for any other father in the fatherhood movement who throws his hat into the ring. Many men have stepped back from the political process because they don't want to 'rock the boat' or that they are just too busy 'surviving' to get involved. In many ways that is why we are in the mess we are now as a culture; because everyone thought that someone else was going to do something about the problems that our families and our nation are facing. Edmund Burke said, "Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny." The Fatherhood Foundation has had the pleasure of working with politicians from all political parties including Liberal, Labor, National, Equal Parenting, Family First, Christian Democratic Party and the Greens. Our job is to work with whoever will work with us, for the benefit of our society. Our goal is to prevent harm to our children by turning the tide of fatherlessness and family breakdown that is afflicting our nation today. Edmund Burke also said, "All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." Margaret Mead, the famed anthropologist also said something profound that is on my fridge. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." So our challenge to you as a father is, don't just do nothing - do something. That is why we are proud to count men like Barry Williams, Tony Miller, John Stapleton, Greg Andresen, John Flanagan, James Adams, Ash Patil, Paul Whyte and many, many others as friends because they are out there doing something and in the process making the world a better place. Our advice to you as a man is to get involved in the political process. Whether you join a party and/or stand for a seat, write a letter, or attend a 'meet the candidate forum' to ask questions of our elected leaders and those seeking election. Whatever it is, make sure you do something. The Australian Christian Lobby is organising 'Meet the Candidate Forums' in federal seats all over Australia www.acl.org.au Other groups are doing similar things. The following websites could give you some insights: www.fol.org.au www.christianvalues.org.au www.lonefathers.org.au Why not support their important work. To quote Edmund Burke again, "No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little." Lovework Write to your local candidate and ask them when they are going to develop a coherent policy for Australia's biggest minority group? Men account for 49.2% of the population but in areas such as health, men's suicide, high mortality rates, community services, family support, marriage, boy's education and family law, Australia's largest minority group is still coming last. When are things going to change? When you speak up and your voice is added to someone else's voice and someone else's until the sound becomes a roar and the roar becomes an anthem for change. Yours for doing something Warwick Marsh ___________________________________________________________ Warwick Marsh has been married to Alison for 32 years. He is the father of five children, four boys and one girl, ranging in age from 26 years to 14 years. Warwick is a musician, songwriter, producer and public speaker who likes to think he can still laugh at himself. back to top Grandads The words of a leader can motivate men to scale the highest mountain or fight for justice and freedom against tyranny. Lawrence Scott back to top Laughter Humor for Lexophiles I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me. Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest. Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now. The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. The butcher backed up into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work. To write with a broken pencil is pointless. When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate. The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large. A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months. A thief fell and broke his leg in wet cement. He became a hardened criminal. Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be charged with stalking. We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply. When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A. The math professor went crazy with the blackboard. He did a number on it. The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was on shaky ground. The dead batteries were given out free of charge. If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your memory. A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail. A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired. A will is a dead giveaway. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. back to top Single Dads Best Interest of the Child By Barry Williams Lone Fathers Association Australia (LFAA) Hi, my name is Barry Williams my goal is to see both mums and dads treated equally in all areas of family law and especially to be able, where possible, to have a shared equal time arrangement with their children when their marriage or relationship breakdown occurs. New laws state that the courts are obliged to grant equal shared care where possible, or in cases where it is not possible to grant equal shared time, then they must give substantial access time. We have been receiving some very positive outcomes with these new laws. The Government and the Opposition went along with this new culture change as it is good for the children and both parents, but sadly some Federal Magistrates and Family Court Judges have not been prepared to accept these culture changes and are living in the old time warp of, 'We will rule how we wish, we are Judge and Jury all in one.' I am ashamed of the latest appeal ruling that came out involving three family Court Judges relating to a relocation ruling, where they upheld an order made by a Federal Magistrate in Canberra to allow a mother to leave Canberra with her new partner to live in Atherton QLD, even though the father had been in a 50% shared-care relationship with his son for the last 5 years. Their only real reason it seems, by reading the transcript, was that it would make the mother unhappy if the child wasn't allowed to go with her, meaning that it didn't matter that the child would be unhappy by having to leave his Dad. I will be writing to the Chief Justice of the Family Court about our disgust over this matter. I will also be bringing it to the attention of Attorney General Phillip Ruddock, The Opposition, and other Senators and Members of the Parliament. These Judges and Magistrates should no longer be able to hide under the separation of powers, and even if it has to mean a change to the constitution, we all have to lobby to remove the separation of powers. We are all bound by laws made by the Australian Parliament, but Judges of the Family Court and the Federal Magistrates are not, yet they are only senior public servants. I said in the Lone Fathers Association Australia's latest newsletter that I was going to name any rebel Magistrates, Judges, and court counsellors. Well now I am more determined to do so, even if it means I can be charged and sent to prison. It will be worth it because sooner or later the whole country has to take note of what is happening. It could be one of their children next. We all know equal shared care can't happen in many cases, but where it can and where it is wanted, it should be granted. They make me sick when I hear them say it's done in the best interest of the child. The best interest of the child is 'A Rebuttable Presumption of Equal Shared Care'. LFAA won't give up until this is achieved. Will you back us? Thanks Barry Williams LFAA www.lonefathers.com.au back to top Special Feature A Father's Beatitude Blessed is the father who spends time with his child, for he shall reap a garden of remembrances. Blessed is the father who gives consolation to his child's minor misfortunes, for he will be called on for great things in life. Blessed is the father who is proud of his child, for he shall have a child who is proud of his father. Blessed is the father who imparts love, for his child will give love. Blessed is the father who is gentle with his child, for he will have a child who can turn away wrath. Blessed is the father who listens to his child, for he shall be rewarded with the trust of his child. Blessed is the father who has patience with his child, for patience will be bestowed on him. Blessed is the father who shows mercy to his child, for he shall experience mercy. Blessed is the father who does not exasperate his child, for he shall receive compassion. Blessed is the father who shall accept the unintentional insults of a developing child, for he shall know the glory of fatherhood. Don Mathis Sherman, Texas, USA With gratitude to Jesus, the apostle Matthew, the poet Lenora Zearfoss, my Dad Daniel, and my son Charlie for the ideas and inspiration to compose this prayer/poem. back to top Thought of the Week All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke back to top All You Need is Love Proof Marriage is Good for You By Rosemary Bennett Reprinted in The Australian October 06, 2007 MARRIAGE still confers considerable benefits to adults and children, according to a comprehensive study on the state of the family. The British Office for National Statistics has published definitive proof that married couples live longer, enjoy better health and can rely on more home care in old age than their divorced, widowed, single and cohabiting peers. Children who live with their married parents are also healthier, and stay in full-time education for longer, whatever their economic background. It has always been thought that marriage had a positive effect on health, but the findings are the most solid evidence yet that, despite rapidly changing social attitudes and an end to the stigma of divorce and lone parenting, marriage is still good for you. The study suggests that in Britain married couples will be outnumbered by cohabiting couples and single-parent households within a generation if present trends continue. When the data on family structure were merged with British health statistics, it emerged that widowed men and single mothers had the worst health, suffering more acute and chronic conditions. Married people of both sexes enjoyed the best health. Mortality rates are also greatly affected by marital status. The mortality rate among single men under 34 is about twice that of young married men in Britain. Widowed and divorced men over 80 have a mortality rate one-third higher than married men. Single, widowed and divorced older women all have higher mortality rates than their married peers. Children who have married parents, no matter their social background, are more likely to be in full-time education at 17 than any other group. Children's risk of long-term illness was highest in the care system, and in single-parent households. It was lowest in married-couple households. Across all age groups, the provision of unpaid care by married adults for sick or elderly relatives and disabled children was higher than for cohabiting couples. Experts said that had profound implications for public policy, since the present system relied on unpaid relatives providing most care. Mike Murphy, professor of demography at the London School of Economics and one of the authors of the report, said he had expected that society's greater acceptance of divorce and single-parenthood would have eroded the benefits of marriage, but the link with better health remained strong. "Some of the benefits of marriage can be explained by wealth, as the marriage rate is higher in higher socio-economic groups," Professor Murphy said. "But all the evidence shows that there is something in marriage itself that is a benefit." The Times back to top News & Info Hillsong Mens Conference 2-3 November. Get a grip on being a Bloke Register online at: http://www2.hillsong.com/conferences/mens/default.asp?pid=1420 ___________________________________________________________ Movember - Changing the face of Men's Health Movember the month formally known as November is a charity event held during November each year. http://www.movember.com/au/home Which ever way we look at it, men are far less healthy than women. The average life expectancy for men is five years less than for women. The obvious question is why? The answer is because men lack awareness about the very real health issues they face, have a "she'll be right" attitude and are reluctant to see a doctor about an illness or to go for regular medical checks. The aim of Movember is to change these attitudes, make male health fun by putting the Mo back on the face of fashion and in the process raise some serious funds for key male health issues, including: Prostate Cancer: because every year in Australia 2,900 men die of prostate cancer - equivalent to the number of women who die from breast cancer annually. www.movember.com/au/outcomes/malehealth/07/Prostate-Cancer Male Depression: because one in six men experience depression at any given time but most don't seek help. ____________________________ Commercialising Divorce-Worlds First Divorce Fair. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22661187-23109,00.html ____________________________ Letters Dear Fatherhood Foundation Please add my new address to your subscription list: Thank you for your excellent newsletters Andrew Taggart Parkes back to top Dad's Prayer Dear God Help me make a stand, because he who can't make a stand for something, will fall for anything. Help me not to worry about popularity because what's right is not always popular, and what's popular is not always right. Help me do something, because if I do nothing, then nothing will happen. Help me choose what I do wisely because wisdom is proved right by her children. After all as it says in proverbs: Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom; And with all thy getting, get understanding. back to top Help Us Click here for more information about us Help Us! The Fatherhood Foundation is a Harm Prevention Charity. Fatherlessness and inadequate fathering has been proven to be a source of harm. The Fatherhood Foundation helps children by promoting excellence in fathering. Excellent fathers are in word and deed: responsible, involved, protective, loving and committed to the well-being of their children and their children's mother. 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Hello & Welcome Brian

In our Single Dads' article last week, John Flanagan from the Non-Custodial Parents/Equal Parenting Party www.ncpp.xisle.info    shared part of his amazing story. He also advertised the fact that he needed help in the forthcoming Federal Election with candidates and funding for the Equal Parenting Party's important work in restoring justice and sanity to Australia's heavily skewed Family Law System.

 

You might well ask what is the position of the Fatherhood Foundation in regards to these sorts of matters and I would have to answer you truthfully. The Fatherhood Foundation is bipartisan in its approach, but we are very interested in encouraging men and fathers to be active and to get involved in the political process. We promise to be your cheer squad.

 

James Adams, from Fathers for Families www.fathers4families.org.au   has just announced that he will be standing  as a candidate for the Family First Party, for the seat of Wentworth (currently held by Malcolm Turnbull). For this we applaud him, and we do the same for any other father in the fatherhood movement who throws his hat into the ring. Many men have stepped back from the political process because they don't want to 'rock the boat' or that they are just too busy 'surviving' to get involved. In many ways that is why we are in the mess we are now as a culture; because everyone thought that someone else was going to do something about the problems that our families and our nation are facing. Edmund Burke said, "Bad laws are the worst sort ! of tyranny." The Fatherhood Foundation has had the pleasure of working with politicians from all political parties including Liberal, Labor, National, Equal Parenting, Family First, Christian Democratic Party and the Greens. Our job is to work with whoever will work with us, for the benefit of our society. Our goal is to prevent harm to our children by turning the tide of fatherlessness and family breakdown that is afflicting our nation today. Edmund Burke also said, "All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." Margaret Mead, the famed anthropologist also said something profound that is on my fridge. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has."

 

So our challenge to you as a father is, don't just do nothing - do something. That is why we are proud to count men like Barry Williams, Tony Miller, John Stapleton, Greg Andresen, John Flanagan, James Adams, Ash Patil, Paul Whyte and many, many others as friends because they are out there doing something and in the process making the world a better place. Our advice to you as a man is to get involved in the political process. Whether you join a party and/or stand for a seat, write a letter, or attend a 'meet the candidate forum' to ask questions of our elected leaders and those seeking election. Whatever it is, make sure you do something.

 

The Australian Christian Lobby is organising 'Meet the Candidate Forums' in federal seats all over Australia www.acl.org.au  

Other groups are doing similar things.

The following websites could give you some insights:

www.fol.org.au  

www.christianvalues.org.au  

www.lonefathers.org.au

Why not support their important work. To quote Edmund Burke again, "No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little."

 

Lovework

 

Write to your local candidate and ask them when they are going to develop a coherent policy for Australia's biggest minority group? Men account for 49.2% of the population but in areas such as health, men's suicide, high mortality rates, community services, family support, marriage, boy's education and family law, Australia's largest minority group is still coming last. When are things going to change?

 

When you speak up and your voice is added to someone else's voice and someone else's until the sound becomes a roar and the roar becomes an anthem for change.

 

Yours for doing something

Warwick Marsh

___________________________________________________________

Warwick Marsh  has been married to Alison for 32 years. He is the father of five children, four boys and one girl, ranging in age from 26 years to 14 years.  Warwick is a musician, songwriter, producer and public speaker who likes to think he can still laugh at himself.

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Grandads

The words of a leader can motivate men

to scale the highest mountain

or fight for justice and freedom

against tyranny.

 

Lawrence Scott

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Laughter

 

 

Humor for Lexophiles

 

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.

 

Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.

 

Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now.

 

The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.

 

The butcher backed up into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.

 

To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

 

When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.

 

The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

 

A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.

 

A thief fell and broke his leg in wet cement. He became a hardened criminal.

 

Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be charged with stalking.

 

We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply.

 

When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.

 

The math professor went crazy with the blackboard. He did a number on it.

 

The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was on shaky ground.

 

The dead batteries were given out free of charge.

 

If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your memory.

 

A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.

 

A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.

 

A will is a dead giveaway.

 

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

 

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Single Dads

 

Best Interest of the Child

By Barry Williams

Lone Fathers Association Australia (LFAA)

 

Hi, my name is Barry Williams my goal is to see both mums and dads treated equally in all areas of family law and especially to be able, where possible, to have a shared equal time arrangement with their children when their marriage or relationship breakdown occurs. New laws state that the courts are obliged to grant equal shared care where possible, or in cases where it is not possible to grant equal shared time, then they must give substantial access time. We have been receiving some very positive outcomes with these new laws. The Government and the Opposition went along with this new culture change as it is good for the children and both parents, but sadly some Federal Magistrates and Family Court Judges have not been prepared to accept these culture changes and are living in the old time warp of, 'We will rule how we wish, we are Judge and Jury all in one.'

 

I am ashamed of the latest appeal ruling that came out involving three family Court Judges relating to a relocation ruling, where they upheld an order made by a Federal Magistrate in Canberra to allow a mother to leave Canberra with her new partner to live in Atherton QLD, even though the father had been in a 50% shared-care relationship with his son for the last 5 years. Their only real reason it seems, by reading the transcript, was that it would make the mother unhappy if the child wasn't allowed to go with her, meaning that it didn't matter that the child would be unhappy by having to leave his Dad. I will be writing to the Chief Justice of the Family Court about our disgust over this matter. I will also be bringing it to the attention of Attorney General Phillip Ruddock, The Opposition, and other Senators and Members of the Parliament. These Judges and Magistrates should no ! longer be able to hide under the separation of powers, and even if it has to mean a change to the constitution, we all have to lobby to remove the separation of powers. We are all bound by laws made by the Australian Parliament, but Judges of the Family Court and the Federal Magistrates are not, yet they are only senior public servants.

 

I said in the Lone Fathers Association Australia's latest newsletter that I was going to name any rebel Magistrates, Judges, and court counsellors. Well now I am more determined to do so, even if it means I can be charged and sent to prison. It will be worth it because sooner or later the whole country has to take note of what is happening. It could be one of their children next. We all know equal shared care can't happen in many cases, but where it can and where it is wanted, it should be granted. They make me sick when I hear them say it's done in the best interest of the child. The best interest of the child is 'A Rebuttable Presumption of Equal Shared Care'.

 

LFAA won't give up until this is achieved. Will you back us?

 

Thanks

Barry Williams

LFAA

www.lonefathers.com.au  

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Special Feature

 A Father's Beatitude

 

Blessed is the father who spends time with his child,

for he shall reap a garden of remembrances.

 

Blessed is the father who gives consolation to his child's minor misfortunes, for he will be called on for great things in life.

 

Blessed is the father who is proud of his child, for he shall have a child who is proud of his father.

 

Blessed is the father who imparts love, for his child will give love.

 

Blessed is the father who is gentle with his child, for he will have a child who can turn away wrath.

 

Blessed is the father who listens to his child,

for he shall be rewarded with the trust of his child.

 

Blessed is the father who has patience with his child,

for patience will be bestowed on him.

 

Blessed is the father who shows mercy to his child,

for he shall experience mercy.

 

Blessed is the father who does not exasperate his child,

for he shall receive compassion.

 

Blessed is the father who shall accept the unintentional insults of a developing child, for he shall know the glory of fatherhood.

 

Don Mathis

Sherman, Texas, USA

With gratitude to Jesus, the apostle Matthew, the poet Lenora Zearfoss, my Dad Daniel, and my son Charlie for the ideas and inspiration  to compose this prayer/poem.

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Thought of the Week

 

All that is 
needed for evil 
to triumph
is for good men 
to do nothing.
 
Edmund Burke

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All You Need is Love

Proof Marriage is Good for You

By Rosemary Bennett

Reprinted in The Australian October 06, 2007

 

MARRIAGE still confers considerable benefits to adults and children, according to a comprehensive study on the state of the family.

 

The British Office for National Statistics has published definitive proof that married couples live longer, enjoy better health and can rely on more home care in old age than their divorced, widowed, single and cohabiting peers.

 

Children who live with their married parents are also healthier, and stay in full-time education for longer, whatever their economic background.

 

It has always been thought that marriage had a positive effect on health, but the findings are the most solid evidence yet that, despite rapidly changing social attitudes and an end to the stigma of divorce and lone parenting, marriage is still good for you.

 

The study suggests that in Britain married couples will be outnumbered by cohabiting couples and single-parent households within a generation if present trends continue.

 

When the data on family structure were merged with British health statistics, it emerged that widowed men and single mothers had the worst health, suffering more acute and chronic conditions.

 

Married people of both sexes enjoyed the best health.

 

Mortality rates are also greatly affected by marital status. The mortality rate among single men under 34 is about twice that of young married men in Britain. Widowed and divorced men over 80 have a mortality rate one-third higher than married men. Single, widowed and divorced older women all have higher mortality rates than their married peers.

 

Children who have married parents, no matter their social background, are more likely to be in full-time education at 17 than any other group.

 

Children's risk of long-term illness was highest in the care system, and in single-parent households. It was lowest in married-couple households.

 

Across all age groups, the provision of unpaid care by married adults for sick or elderly relatives and disabled children was higher than for cohabiting couples. Experts said that had profound implications for public policy, since the present system relied on unpaid relatives providing most care.

 

Mike Murphy, professor of demography at the London School of Economics and one of the authors of the report, said he had expected that society's greater acceptance of divorce and single-parenthood would have eroded the benefits of marriage, but the link with better health remained strong.

 

"Some of the benefits of marriage can be explained by wealth, as the marriage rate is higher in higher socio-economic groups," Professor Murphy said. "But all the evidence shows that there is something in marriage itself that is a benefit."

The Times

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Hillsong Mens Conference

2-3 November. Get a grip on being a Bloke

Register online at:

http://www2.hillsong.com/conferences/mens/default.asp?pid=1420

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Movember - Changing the face of Men's Health

Movember the month formally known as November is a charity event held during November each year.

http://www.movember.com/au/home  

Which ever way we look at it, men are far less healthy than women. The average life expectancy for men is five years less than for women.

The obvious question is why?

The answer is because men lack awareness about the very real health issues they face, have a "she'll be right" attitude and are reluctant to see a doctor about an illness or to go for regular medical checks.

 

The aim of Movember is to change these attitudes, make male health fun by putting the Mo back on the face of fashion and in the process raise some serious funds for key male health issues, including:

 

Prostate Cancer: because every year in Australia 2,900 men die of prostate cancer - equivalent to the number of women who die from breast cancer annually. www.movember.com/au/outcomes/malehealth/07/Prostate-Cancer

 

Male Depression: because one in six men experience depression at any given time but most don't seek help.

____________________________

 

Commercialising Divorce-Worlds First Divorce Fair.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22661187-23109,00.html

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Letters

 

Dear Fatherhood Foundation

 

Please add my new address to your subscription list:

Thank you for your excellent newsletters

 

Andrew Taggart

Parkes

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Dad's Prayer

 

Dear God
 
Help me make a stand,
because he who can't make a 
stand for something,
will fall for anything.
Help me not to worry 
about popularity
because what's right is not 
always popular,
and what's popular is not 
always right.
Help me do something,
because if I do nothing,
then nothing will happen.
Help me choose what I do wisely
because wisdom is proved right
 by her children.
After all as it says in proverbs:
Wisdom is the principal thing;
Therefore get wisdom;
And with all thy getting, 
get understanding.

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The Fatherhood Foundation is a Harm Prevention Charity.
Fatherlessness and inadequate fathering has been proven to be a source of harm.

The Fatherhood Foundation helps children by promoting excellence  in fathering. Excellent fathers are in word and deed: responsible, involved, protective, loving and committed to the well-being of their children and their children's mother.

If you would like to give financially to the Fatherhood Foundation Public Fund and receive tax deductibility:

Fatherhood Foundation Public Fund
(Name, address and amount details must be emailed for a receipt for tax deductibility)
Westpac Branch Wollongong
BSB: 032 695
A/C: 25-5558

Or mail cheque and address details to:
PO Box 440
WOLLONGONG  NSW  2520
AUSTRALIA

The Fatherhood Foundation Public Fund  is a public fund listed on the Register of Harm Prevention Charities under Subdivision 30_EA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

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