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=3EMy own marriage feels at times like it=92s using up a lot of red ink=2E<S=
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=A0 </SPAN=3EIf you live by this saying, as I sometimes do, your marriage wi=
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et John Trent tell us his story:</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: =
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s a beautiful spring morning near the end of my grad school days=2E<SPAN sty=
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re final exams and then I=92d have the freedom of a summer with no school=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI walked down the hallway a=
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so-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EInstead, she was getting ready to serve me =
a reminder I=92ve never forgotten in nearly 25 years of marriage=2E<SPAN sty=
le=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe only thing sitting on our little=
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=93Is this a new study technique=3F Digesting your textbooks for breakfast m=
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so-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ESeeing my puzzled look, she went on to expl=
ain, =93Right now you=92re studying really hard=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spaceru=
n: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt=92s kind of like how you were when we were dating=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EYou spent lots of time gett=
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ok ahead with me, like you couldn=92t wait to turn the page and see what was=
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d and I began to feel like I was one of your books after final exams=2E<SPAN=
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it goes up on the shelf and you get busy with other things=2E<SPAN style=3D'=
mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI feel like I=92m left there with all your=
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cerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt seemed like we couldn=92t spend enough time to=
gether, talking and dreaming about our future=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun:=
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<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI couldn=92t even get defen=
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so-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI just said I was sorry, and asked her to s=
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</SPAN=3EOur children need both a loving father and mother=2E<SPAN style=3D'=
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PAN=3EThe profit of marriage is love=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
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PAN=3EIf you are scoring pretty high, please give me a call and tell me how =
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style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center' align=3Dcenter=3E<B=3E<U=3E=
THE ART OF FATHERING =96 =91B=92 SIDE</U=3E</B=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockTe=
xt style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E=A0<=3Fxml:namespace=
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Well readers, today I thought I=92d write about something a little different=
=2E It=92s not so much about being a father, but about the struggles of simp=
ly being a male, and how we can sometimes be our own worst enemy=2E Just thi=
s afternoon my family was invited to a party down at the local beach, someth=
ing that I would normally jump at with little hesitation=2E However, this pa=
rty was organised by a women=92s group that my wife is in, and was to be att=
ended by the women, and their spouses, none of whom I had ever met=2E Now, c=
orrect me if I am wrong, but us blokes would sooner be mowing the lawn, or c=
leaning the gutters, or painting something (anything), rather than attend su=
ch a function=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D=
'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana=
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MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana;=
 mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EHowever, contrary to the norm, this little =
black duck had made a conscious decision to get out and meet people (we are =
new to the area), and perhaps this party was just the tool I needed=2E Yep, =
pack the car honey, blanket, picnic set, mozzie repellent, and my best smile=
 =96 it=92s meet and greet time=2E My wife is so fortunate to have a hubby l=
ike me, I hope she appreciates it, not many guys would do this you know! Wel=
l, as the time drew nearer, and with my caveman-like instincts kicking in, I=
 began to notice just how long the lawns were=2E I remembered it was bushfir=
e season, and how the fire department recommend you keep your gutters clean=2E=
 Surely something around here needs painting=3F Yes, I am a big scaredy cat =
=96 scared of trying something new, scared to make new friends, and now beca=
use of my not wanting to go =96 scared of my wife (only joking honey)=2E Any=
way, without going into the nitty gritty of =93that=94 hour before the party=
, we both agreed to go to the party, because we felt it would be =91good for=
 us=92, if you get my drift=2E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D=
'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana=
; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=A0</P=3E<o:p=3E</=
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t'=3EWell guys, you know the scene, sit in a corner where no-one can see you=
, let the wife do all the talking, and pray that your mobile rings =96 work =
needs you=2E OK, maybe it=92s just me, but I really get uncomfortable when I=
 don=92t know anyone, I become a recluse, a loner, talking little, and when =
having to - only offering up the required pieces of information - you know; =
name rank and serial number=2E Well, didn=92t I get a shock =96 they loved m=
e! I had a ball=2E I met so many nice people=2E One of the hubby=92s I got t=
alking to was a mad keen fisherman (he has a boat), and we are going fishing=
 next Tuesday night=2E Wow, what a turn-up for the books, me enjoying this t=
ype of thing, and it wasn=92t really that hard=2E I now ask myself the quest=
ion, what was I worried about, what=92s the big deal=3F I think as guys we t=
end to get in our little comfort zone, not willing to step outside the squar=
e, and as a result =96 we get a little stale=2E Life is too short to become =
stagnant in our ways=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText=
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<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-=
SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EGet up, ge=
t out, and get motivated =96 try something new=2E Take it from me guys, play=
 the flip side of the record, sometimes it=92s better than the =91A=92 side=2E=
<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0=
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N: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-=
bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3ETill next time, </SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlo=
ckText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EPAUL<B=3E<U=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
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na'=3EPaul Sloan is an accountant working in Maroochydoore=2E=A0 He is marri=
ed with three children aged one, nine and eleven years=2E=A0 Paul is an acti=
ve surfer who lives on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland=2E=A0 He is a family=
 man who hasn=92t lost his sense of humour=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<=
br=3E<br=3E<div align=3Dright=3E<font size=3D2=3E<a href=3D'#top'=3EBack to =
top</a=3E</font=3E</div=3E<br=3E<p=3E</p=3E</font=3E</blockquote=3E</td=3E</=
tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D25 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' nowrap=3E<!-- src=
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GN: center' align=3Dcenter=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: ' =
MS=3F=3F Sans Comic=3EThe kind of man who thinks that helping with the dishe=
s is beneath him will also think that helping with the baby is beneath him, =
and then he certainly is not going to be a very successful father=2E</SPAN=3E=
<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ' Arial Unicode MS=3F=3F=3E<=3Fxml:namespace pre=
fix =3D o ns =3D 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office' /=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
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ef=3D'#top'=3EBack to top</a=3E</font=3E</div=3E<br=3E<p=3E</p=3E</font=3E</=
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b=3E</font=3E<font face=3D'verdana' size=3D2=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div=3E<img src=3D=
'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Fissu=
e2-24th Feb, 2003=5Fbanana man=2Ejpg' align=3Dleft=3E</div=3E <P=3E<FONT fac=
e=3D'Comic Sans MS'=3E<FONT size=3D4=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ' MS=3F=3F=
 Sans Comic=3EBefore marriage, a man will lie awake all night thinking about=
 something you said, after marriage he will fall asleep before you finish sa=
ying it=2E</SPAN=3E<=3Fxml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D 'urn:schemas-micros=
oft-com:office:office' /=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT=
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=3F Sans Comic=3EHelen Rowland</SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</P=3E=
<P=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS'=3E<FONT size=3D4=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAM=
ILY: ' MS=3F=3F Sans Comic=3EBefore I got married , I had six theories about=
 bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories=2E</SPAN=3E<o=
:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS'=3E<FO=
NT size=3D4=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ' MS=3F=3F Sans C=
omic=3ELord Rochester</SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E<F=
ONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS'=3E<FONT size=3D4=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ' =
MS=3F=3F Sans Comic=3EA father is a person who is forced to endure childbirt=
h without an anaesthetic=2E</SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</P=3E<=
P=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS'=3E<FONT size=3D4=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE=
: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ' MS=3F=3F Sans Comic=3ERobert Savage</SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</=
o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS'=3E<FONT size=
=3D4=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ' MS=3F=3F Sans Comic=3EMany a father wis=
hes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in two-especially if he h=
as a teenage daughter=2E</SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E=
<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS'=3E<FONT size=3D4=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10=
pt; FONT-FAMILY: ' MS=3F=3F Sans Comic=3EGuy Lombardo</SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS'=3E<FONT size=3D4=3E=
<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ' MS=3F=3F Sans Comic=3EIt now costs more to amu=
se a child than it once did to educate his father=2E</SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
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<font size=3D2=3E<a href=3D'#top'=3EBack to top</a=3E</font=3E</div=3E<br=3E=
<p=3E</p=3E</font=3E</blockquote=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 heigh=
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N: justify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<STRON=
G=3EAm I still a Father=3F Part Two</STRONG=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoN=
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MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; =
FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EMy last article mentioned a report from the Australi=
an Institute of Family Studies that revealed that an alarmingly high number =
of children spend the day with their father but never sleep over=2E<=3Fxml:n=
amespace prefix =3D o ns =3D 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office' /=3E<=
o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0=
pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verd=
ana'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN=
: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-F=
AMILY: Verdana'=3EThese children, and their fathers, are being denied the op=
portunity for a normal parent/child relationship and all the benefits that a=
ccrue from this=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThey are =
children who only visit their father=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
 </SPAN=3EThey have no sense of being at home with him, or belonging to him=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHis home is not their other=
 home=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThey miss the exper=
ience of being fed, bathed and put to bed by their father=2E<SPAN style=3D'm=
so-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThey don=92t wake up in his home and have b=
reakfast with him=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EBoth fa=
ther and children miss the opportunity to develop close emotional bonds by s=
haring in the ordinary and mundane activities that are part of everyday fami=
ly interaction=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe conten=
tment, security, joy and magic of being in each others presence is denied to=
 them=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWhen they part, nei=
ther father nor child can feel satisfied with the contact=2E<SPAN style=3D'm=
so-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ESometimes emotional barriers are erected by=
 both to dull the sense of being torn=2E Daytime visits are never enough=2E<=
SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThey are likely to be unsust=
ainable in the long term=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
They will have little influence in countering the process of alienation that=
 is a feature of the relationship of many non-custodial parents and their ch=
ildren=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN:=
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=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10=
pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E40% of children from separated families have no =
contact with their father=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
20% have only daytime contact=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SP=
AN=3EOnly 40% of children from separated families have overnight contact wit=
h their father=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EFor many o=
f them this contact is minimal and for nearly all of them the contact is con=
strained, controlled, determined or influenced by the anonymous, uncaring an=
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jor problem is that no one can measure how good their fathering is=2E You ca=
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FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EBeing famous generally requires sacrifice and=
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rne this week=2E!</FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EThere a=
re many press reports abounding and more in the wake of the decision aginst =
him but, hiding away in the Weekend Australian in the Inquirer section was a=
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P=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3ESpurred on by the publicity surroun=
ding the Warne Affair=A0the writer=A0focuses on the families of sportschildr=
en=2E</FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EJeff Bond, the Head=
 of Pyschology at the Australian Institute of Sport says that three dangers =
of famous sports kids in families are:</FONT=3E</P=3E<OL=3E<LI=3E<FONT face=3D=
Verdana size=3D2=3EParents that become to involved in their child' sporting =
career can make it difficult for their children to grow up and learn from th=
eir mistakes=2E</FONT=3E<LI=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EParents can fa=
ll into the trap of living vicariously through their children's sporting exp=
loits=2E</FONT=3E<LI=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EThe risk that non spo=
rty brothers or sisters will find themselves relegated to second class sibli=
ngs possibly leading to domestic tension and , at worst, family breakdown=2E=
</FONT=3E</LI=3E</OL=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EIt is a balanced=
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