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On the last day of the Easter weekend, Paul Beckett, a good friend of ours, =
invited our family to a camp fire celebration at his farm=2E<SPAN style=3D'm=
so-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI was trying to get a backload of work done=
 and hesitated at first, but I suddenly remembered the boys still had some f=
ireworks left from our Western Australian tour=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun=
: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI suggested to Paul that that I come on the condition =
that I bring some fireworks and some extra marshmallows=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso=
-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe practically jumped through the phone with =
glee at my proposal=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EPaul =
and I have this common passion for fireworks=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: =
yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ENeither of us has fully grown up=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-sp=
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Y: Verdana'=3EChildren love to hang out with a dad that is still into advent=
ure=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EPaul grew up in the f=
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'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe manages BCH Printing, Wollongong=92s l=
argest printery, which has recently won the Small Business Award of the Year=
=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EPaul has never forgotten=
 his exploits as a young man and even now takes his four children out to enj=
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Paul was once recognised as one of the Illawarra=92s premier =91tree jumpers=
=92 and still holds the unbroken record of jumping 28 trees through the thic=
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nfortunately he fell 30 feet through heavy branches to the ground on the 29<=
SUP=3Eth</SUP=3E tree, but hey, who said life was meant to be easy=2E<SPAN s=
tyle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EPaul has also developed some exper=
tise as a =91rock roller=92 =96 rock roller=3F=3F =96 some kind of musical e=
xpression in honour of the =91Bay City Rollers=3F<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun=
: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWrong again!<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </=
SPAN=3EPaul tells me that rock rolling is an art form requiring patience and=
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During one session, after four hours of solid work, Paul and his friends suc=
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PAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe boulder cut a swathe thro=
ugh the forest, enough to raise the hackles of any greenie (or mother) and d=
ecapitated a 60 cm thick stinging tree in the process=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-s=
pacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIf you know anything about stinging trees that =
is not something to cry over=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPA=
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ght lighting fireworks, burning and eating marshmallows, drinking Billy Tea =
and generally having fun=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
Our daughter played spotlight with the other children while the boys managed=
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week is watching the Saturday night movie on the television=2E<SPAN style=3D=
'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI=92m sorry but if that is your high poin=
t I pity you because this is vicarious pleasure at best and a brain drain at=
 its worst=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EGet a life=2E<=
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lived=2E Your children will love you for it=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: y=
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r MP, suggested that fathers need to be a source of life for their families=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAs fathers we can doom our =
families to boredom or lead them in adventure=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun:=
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IZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EWarwick Marsh=A0=A0has been married=A0to =
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e girl, ranging in age from 22 years to=A010 years=2E=A0 Warwick is a musici=
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THE ART OF FATHERING =96 MERE MALE</SPAN=3E</U=3E</B=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU st=
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font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EOften I sit back and think of what the world would be=
 like if I was to take life a little more seriously=2E Often I get accused o=
f laughing off the issues that matter=2E I suppose I don=92t see the need to=
 be concerned over trivial matters=2E Yet, I=A0know =A0some who are the exac=
t opposite=2E Who has friends that laugh a little, and worry a lot=3F Do you=
 think they are happy=3F Is it worth being a worrier=3F <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPA=
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font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EAt this very point in time our family is going throug=
h a period of stress=2E We have just sold our home in NSW, put a deposit on =
a block of land on the Sunshine Coast, our rental lease runs out in 2 months=
, and we are about to get the world=92s biggest mortgage=2E To many that wou=
ld seem like an everyday occurrence, yet to some, it causes no end of worry =
and heartache=2E Like the first group, I don=92t lose too much sleep over an=
ything at all=2E My philosophy when it comes to borrowing money=85OPM (Other=
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 ethical dilemma there=2E Plus, working for a bank for 8 years left me with =
a total lack of respect for money=2E And just to throw a spanner in the work=
s =96 I am now working as an accountant, and supposed to be=A0 frugal and wi=
se with my purse=2E So, guess who has to be the rock at this very point in t=
ime=85you guessed right, MUM=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoB=
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I know, I know, you don=92t have to say it=85I=92m falling down in my respon=
sibilities=2E Not that I advocate male dominion, but we do have a position i=
n the household of some importance=2E And I have to admit the situation is t=
aking its toll on my beautiful wife, but it=92s just how I am=2E I have alwa=
ys been a bit of a joker, the sort of guy out for a laugh=2E You know the sa=
ying; I=92m here for a good time, not a long time=2E But jokes aside, there =
comes a time when responsibility knocks on your door, and it=92s happening a=
s we speak=2E You see, as the stress factor increases, so does the verbal te=
nsion and releases of pressure=2E And all of a sudden, mum and dads disagree=
ment gets aired a little too frequently, and as a result the children see th=
eir parents in a different light=2E Wow, dad can yell, and scream, and dodge=
 plates=85just kidding=2E You see, it=92s just not a common place happening =
in our home, almost like ice cream=85a rarity!<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E=
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e: 12=2E0pt'=3ENow we are not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, yet=
 we do try and keep our children out of the firing line=2E We don=92t keep o=
ur kids in a bubble, sheltered from all things worldly and human, however, w=
hat we do try and achieve is to raise our children in a civil, caring and lo=
ving environment=2E Furthermore, we do try and teach our children that famil=
y life does have its ups and downs, and there comes a time when issues need =
resolving=2E It=92s this resolution process that I believe needs to be reinf=
orced as an important element=2E It is easy, after an argument with your par=
tner, to go your separate ways, i=2Ee=2E mum to the TV and dad to the garage=
=2E Now, often the kids see the altercation, yet not often witness the resol=
ving of the issues=2E I am a firm believer in, and along with those thoughts=
 of Dr Ed Cole, that you should not let the sun go down on an argument=2E Ma=
ke up, for life is too short to be forever bitter and sad=2E Sometimes I cau=
se a fight, just so we can make up=85=85=85=85=2E!<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</=
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size: 12=2E0pt'=3ENow, my philosophy to live life to the fullest, although f=
un and exciting, does need a reality check every now and again=2E There come=
s a time in everyone=92s life to be serious, in both our work life and our h=
ome life=2E We need to teach our children responsibility, we need to display=
 an attitude of commonsense, and we must carry out our role as fathers and h=
usbands with wisdom and responsibility=2E But above all, our actions must be=
 carried out with love, a love that doesn=92t change with circumstance, a lo=
ve that arises through that paternal bond, a love that grows with every minu=
te shared=2E Guys,<IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/emai=
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Till next time, PAUL</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'MARGIN: =
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ountant working in Maroochydoore=2E=A0 He is married with three children age=
d one, nine and eleven years=2E=A0 Paul is an active surfer who lives on the=
 Sunshine Coast in Queensland=2E=A0 He is a family man who hasn=92t lost his=
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ze=3D2=3EMy dearest husband =2E=2E=2E </FONT=3E</STRONG=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT f=
ace=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EThank you for choosing me to share your life with y=
ou=2E</FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EThank you for your =
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Deep down inside I really know that you love me=2E but I am a woman and I ne=
ed tangible reminders of your love=2E there is very little in this life of g=
reater value to me than your love=2E I need it=2E I need you=2E</FONT=3E</P=3E=
<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3ECould I ask a favour=3F I love to recei=
ve letters from you, but I don't ever want to ask for them=2E=2E=2E=2Eit tak=
es all the fun out of receiving them if it's my idea=2E But would you write =
me a letter=3F</FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EI need to =
know:</FONT=3E</P=3E<UL=3E<LI=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3Ehow you appr=
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one to show that I respect you=2E=2E=2E</FONT=3E<LI=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana s=
ize=3D2=3Ehow I've been an encouragement to you=2E=2E=2E</FONT=3E<LI=3E<FONT=
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y week for you</FONT=3E<LI=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3Eof your uncondi=
tional acceptance, just as I am ( Is it there=3F I need to know)</FONT=3E<LI=
=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3Ehow I am a partner with you=2E=2E=2E</FON=
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<LI=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3Ehow I've changed for good or ways that=
 you've seen me grow ( I forget sometimes)</FONT=3E<LI=3E<FONT face=3DVerdan=
a size=3D2=3Ethat you want to lead me and do what is best fo me=2E=2E=2E</FO=
NT=3E<LI=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3Ethat you want to meet all my need=
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EM=3E<STRONG=3Ewill </STRONG=3E</EM=3Epersevere=2E</FONT=3E</LI=3E</UL=3E<P=3E=
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, but please tell me=2E I really do respect you=2E<IMG hspace=3D0 src=3D'htt=
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: 0px'=3E<BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr style=3D'MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px'=3E<BLOCKQUOTE dir=
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IGHT: 0px'=3E<BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr style=3D'MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px'=3E<BLOCKQUOTE=
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IN-RIGHT: 0px'=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EI love you</FONT=3E</P=
=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EYour wife</FONT=3E</P=3E</BLOCKQUOTE=
=3E</BLOCKQUOTE=3E</BLOCKQUOTE=3E</BLOCKQUOTE=3E</BLOCKQUOTE=3E</BLOCKQUOTE=3E=
</BLOCKQUOTE=3E</BLOCKQUOTE=3E<P dir=3Dltr=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3E=
P=2ES=2E I'm not perfect either, but I'm glad we're in this thing together=2E=
</FONT=3E</P=3E<P dir=3Dltr=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3E=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
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NT=3E</P=3E<P dir=3Dltr=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EThis is a great ti=
p from 'Building Your Mate's Self Esteem' by Dennis and Barbara Rainey=2E</F=
ONT=3E</P=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div align=3Dright=3E<font size=3D2=3E<a href=3D'#to=
p'=3EBack to top</a=3E</font=3E</div=3E<br=3E<p=3E</p=3E</font=3E</blockquot=
e=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D13 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' nowr=
ap=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/templates/fath=
ers/template1/Generic/banner=2Ejpg' width=3D595=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td wi=
dth=3D578 height=3D25 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' background=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2E=
com=2Eau/email=5Fblast/templates/fathers/template1/Generic/fade=2Egif'=3E<bl=
ockquote=3E<p=3E<font size=3D3 face=3D'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif=
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t=3E<font face=3D'verdana' size=3D2=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div=3E<img src=3D'http://=
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e style=3D'MARGIN: auto 0cm'=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS' color=3D#800000 =
size=3D4=3EAnimals are often and integral part of the family=2E</FONT=3E</P=3E=
<P class=3DMsoTitle style=3D'MARGIN: auto 0cm'=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS=
' color=3D#800000 size=3D4=3ELaugh along with the kids=2E</FONT=3E</P=3E<P c=
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lor=3D#800000 size=3D4=3E</FONT=3E=A0</P=3E<P class=3DMsoTitle style=3D'MARG=
IN: auto 0cm'=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS' color=3D#800000 size=3D4=3EHow =
to Bath a Cat</FONT=3E</P=3E<DIV style=3D'BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING=
-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt=
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75pt solid'=3E<P class=3Djoke style=3D'BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RI=
GHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; M=
ARGIN: auto 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: =
medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext =2E75pt; mso-padding-al=
t: 0cm 0cm 1=2E0pt 0cm'=3E<FONT face=3DArial color=3D#000080=3E1=2E Thorough=
ly clean toilet=2E<BR=3E<BR=3E2=2E Lift both lids and add shampoo=2E<BR=3E<B=
R=3E3=2E Find and sooth cat as you carry him to bathroom=2E<BR=3E<BR=3E4=2E =
In one swift move, place cat in toilet, close both lids and stand on top, so=
 cat cannot escape=2E<BR=3E<BR=3E5=2E The cat will self agitate and produce =
ample suds=2E (Ignore ruckus from inside toilet, cat is enjoying this)<BR=3E=
<BR=3E6=2E Flush toilet 3 or 4 times=2E <IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2E=
bosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Fcat=5Fdog2=2Ejpg' =
align=3Dright border=3D0=3EThis provides power rinse, which is quite effecti=
ve=2E<BR=3E<BR=3E7=2E Have someone open outside door, stand as far from toil=
et as possible and quickly lift both lids=2E<BR=3E<BR=3E8=2E Clean cat will =
rocket out of the toilet and outdoors, where he will air dry=2E<BR=3E<BR=3ES=
incerely,<BR=3E<BR=3EThe Dog</FONT=3E</P=3E</DIV=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div align=3D=
right=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=
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com=2Eau/email=5Fblast/templates/fathers/template1/Generic/banner=2Ejpg' wid=
th=3D595=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D25 bgcolor=3D'#fffff=
f' background=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/templates/fath=
ers/template1/Generic/fade=2Egif'=3E<blockquote=3E<p=3E<font size=3D3 face=3D=
'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif' color=3Dblack=3E<br=3E<a name=3D'anc=
hor5'=3E</a=3E<b=3ESingle Dads</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=5Fbla=
st/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Fissue35-28th  April, 2003=5Ffishing=2Ejpg' alig=
n=3Dleft=3E</div=3E <SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E<FONT size=3D=
2=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<P =
class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm -16=2E55pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justi=
fy'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EI=
 heard recently that over half of the Australian veterans of the first Gulf =
War still suffer from =91post-trauma stress disorder=92 and that many of the=
m will probably never recover=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SP=
AN=3EThe focus of counselling services appears to be to encourage and help v=
eterans learn to live with the symptoms of this disorder=2E<=3Fxml:namespace=
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o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm -16=2E55pt 0p=
t 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; F=
ONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal=
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EN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EA similar approach i=
s being used to deal with problems faced by separated fathers=2E<SPAN style=3D=
'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThese fathers are being told to accept th=
eir loss and to get on with their lives=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EThere is never a suggestion that it might be possible to restor=
e to them their income, their children and their hope=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-s=
pacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EA classic example of this is a booklet jointly =
produced by the CSA, DoCS and the Family Court=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun=
: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt cheerfully describes its content as =91tips and hin=
ts to help you build on your relationship with your children after separatio=
n=92=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe suggestion that =
we can =91build on=92 our relationship with our children after they have bee=
n removed from our everyday care is an idea that travels beyond optimism and=
 into the realm of fantasy=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
The title of the book is more sinister:<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
 </SPAN=3E<B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'=3EMe and my Kids =96 Par=
enting from a Distance</B=3E=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPA=
N=3EThis gender-neutral title may appear pleasant enough to the casual obser=
ver=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHowever for the separ=
ated father it reeks of the militant feminist philosophy that underpins and =
permeates the CSA and Family Court=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
 </SPAN=3EThe title blatantly and unashamedly declares that men have no opti=
on other than to parent from a distance=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EIn so doing it contributes to the defathering of society=2E<o:p=
=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm -16=2E55=
pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10=
pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoN=
ormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm -16=2E55pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN =
lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EIt doesn=92t =
end there=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI recently rece=
ived from DoCs a list of 214 men=92s help organisations around Australia tha=
t receive Federal Government funding=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
 </SPAN=3ENone of them are of any benefit to men=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacer=
un: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThis is because their programmes are initiated, desi=
gned and implemented by government officials=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: =
yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThey employ an army of highly qualified professional psy=
chologists and bureaucrats who counsel, train and educate men to father from=
 a distance=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe community=
 based groups that understand the problems, meet the needs of men and promot=
e fatherhood receive little or no government sanction or recognition=2E<o:p=3E=
</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm -16=2E55pt =
0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt;=
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g=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EAs a consequence=
 of this, Australian men are among the saddest in the world=2E<SPAN style=3D=
'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIn 1998, 2150 of them committed suicide=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMost of these were clients =
of the Child Support Agency=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNo=
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0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FON=
T-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EAustralian men do not want to father from a distance=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EA separated father should n=
ot have to be a distant father=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </S=
PAN=3ELet=92s work towards the common goal of being the best fathers in the =
world=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: =
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N=3E</st2:Sn=3E</st1:PersonName=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10p=
t; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E is an non-custodial father, separated since 1997=
, with 5 young children aged between 6 and 14 years=2E=A0 </SPAN=3E<st2:Give=
nName=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=
Roland</SPAN=3E</st2:GivenName=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt=
; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E is a passionate father and an active social refor=
mer who believes </SPAN=3E<st1:country-region=3E<st1:place=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN=
-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EAustralia</SPAN=3E</st=
1:place=3E</st1:country-region=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt=
; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E's current laws are contributing to the creation o=
f our fatherless society=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div a=
lign=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 wid=
th=3D578 height=3D13 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' nowrap=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Eb=
osweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/templates/fathers/template1/Generic/banner=2E=
jpg' width=3D595=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D25 bgcolor=3D=
'#ffffff' background=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/templat=
es/fathers/template1/Generic/fade=2Egif'=3E<blockquote=3E<p=3E<font size=3D3=
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e=3D'anchor6'=3E</a=3E<b=3ESpecial Feature</b=3E</font=3E<font face=3D'verda=
na' size=3D2=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau=
/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Fissue35-28th  April, 2003=5Fholding=
 hands1=2Ejpg' align=3Dleft=3E</div=3E <SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
'MARGIN: 0cm -9pt 0pt 0cm'=3E<STRONG=3EWhen Glue Sticks</STRONG=3E</P=3E<P c=
lass=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm -9pt 0pt 0cm'=3EBy Ron Hellyer</P=3E<P=
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o:p=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm -9pt 0pt 0cm'=3ESo you=
 are married and everything is rosy=2E Life couldn=92t be better=2E But life=
 has the tendency of taking sharp turns or slow draining experiences that sa=
p the life out of you=2E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm -9pt=
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m -9pt 0pt 0cm'=3E<IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/emai=
l=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Frollercoaster1=2Ejpg' align=3Dright bord=
er=3D0=3EWhether your marriage ceremony contained the words =93for better or=
 for worse=94 or not, marriage is not a level playing field and the constant=
 ups and downs affect both partners and the partnership=2EAdd a few kids =2E=
=2E=2E=2E=2Eand hang on for the ride, rollercoaster style=2E</P=3E<P class=3D=
MsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm -9pt 0pt 0cm'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</P=3E<P cl=
ass=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm -9pt 0pt 0cm'=3EThe marriage rollercoas=
ter is the core of the relationship=2E Those events that can make us so seas=
ick we want to get out of the boat=2EAs husbands first and then fathers, our=
 role as the captain of the ship is tenuous=2E Why have 50% + of marriages f=
ailed and many more are close to the rocks=3F Life is difficult, ordinary, s=
tressful and complicated=2E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm -=
9pt 0pt 0cm'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN:=
 0cm -9pt 0pt 0cm'=3EMedia and societal pressure would have us believe that =
we should live for ourselves, which may be appropriate, but for one thing=2E=
 We are married, fathers and the leader of our families=2ESo what is it that=
 makes us stick to our wives and children=85=2ECOMMITTMENT!!</P=3E<P class=3D=
MsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm -9pt 0pt 0cm'=3E=A0</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal=
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ther=2E A committed husband honors the marriage, his wife and children=2E</P=
=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm -9pt 0pt 0cm'=3E<U=3E<o:p=3E</o=
:p=3E</U=3E=A0</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm -9pt 0pt 0cm'=3E=
<STRONG=3ECommittment -=A0=A0One Word, Much Work!!</STRONG=3E</P=3E<P class=3D=
MsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm -9pt 0pt 0cm'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</P=3E<P cl=
ass=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm -9pt 0pt 0cm'=3EThe bible teaches in Ge=
nesis 2:23 =91that a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to =
his wife, and they shall become one flesh=2E=94<B=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</B=3E</P=
=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3EThis passage is not =
speaking only about a physical act but that the husband is united <B=3E<U=3E=
to</U=3E</B=3E his wife=2E That is, a conscious decision by the husband to c=
ommit to the wife=2E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=
=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt=
'=3EThe stickability of your committment is not tested in the good times=2E =
It is the bad times in our marriages that tend to strengthen the relationshi=
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4 border=3D0=3EToday is not too late to lift your level and strive for the b=
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n has been invited to present data and case studies and discuss the<SPAN sty=
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cide prevention for males aged 25-44 years of age, on 6<SUP=3Eth</SUP=3E - 7=
th May, 2003 in Canberra, by the Federal Government=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spa=
cerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThis invitation came out of our Fathering Forum i=
n Federal parliament in February, 2003=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EThe horrific statistics for male suicide are strongly related t=
o family breakdown and fatherlessness=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3ERoland Foster will be representing the Fatherhood Foundation an=
d has asked for fathers who have stories that they could share to contact th=
e Fatherhood Foundation by letter or email by Friday, 2<SUP=3End</SUP=3E May=
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ease send all emails/letters to:<SPAN style=3D'mso-tab-count: 1'=3E=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </SPAN=3E<SPAN style=3D'mso-tab-count: 1'=3E=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
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t the Suicide Prevention Workshop=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 =
</SPAN=3ESharing your story of suicidal depression may help the Government t=
o realise that the oppressive family Law system is probably the single large=
st causative killer for Aussie dads=2E As Simon Bevilacqua stated in an arti=
cle in the Sunday Tasmanian, 22<SUP=3End</SUP=3E October, 2000:<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
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men killed themselves in the 1990s than died in action in World War II=2E So=
me 16,820 Australian men were killed in action or were reported missing, pre=
sumed dead, in all theatres of war during the six years of World War II=2E A=
BS figures show more than 17,000 men over the age of 15 killed themselves be=
tween 1990 and 1998=2E Figures for 1999 are yet to be released=2E Less than =
600 Australians were killed in the horror of the Vietnam conflict -- just ov=
er a quarter of the 2150 who committed suicide in 1998 alone=2E But there ar=
e no memorials, no marches and no public sorrow for men who take their own l=
ives=2E Just as in war, children and families are losing their fathers=2E An=
d while each year Australians hold a minute of silence to mourn and respect =
war deaths, the silence is far greater for the victims of suicide=2E<o:p=3E<=
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'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThe media stays quiet for fear of =
exacerbating the problem and families stay silent through shame, shock and l=
oss=2E A fortune has been spent successfully reducing road tolls =96 but mor=
e men commit suicide than men, women and children are killed on the nation's=
 roads=2E In 1998, there were 387 more male suicides than road-users killed=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EA total of 5501 road users =
were killed between 1996 and 1998 =96 6227 men committed suicide during the =
same period=2E Governments have ploughed money into police budgets, speed gu=
ns and cameras, random breath-testing, education and advertising campaigns t=
o stop Australians being killed on the road=2E Money spent on suicide has la=
rgely targeted youth=2E But suicide rates for youth, women and the elderly h=
ave levelled out while men aged between 20 and 44 are killing themselves in =
record numbers=2E Between 1995 and 1998, male suicides in the 15 to 19 age g=
roup were only 42% of those committed by 25 to 29-year-olds -- and in the sa=
me period teen rates were well under half the rate for 20 to 24s=2E<SPAN sty=
le=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ESince the mid-1970s Australian men a=
ged from 20 to 39 increased their rate of suicide by 93%=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</=
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pt 0pt 0cm'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verd=
ana'=3EYou could help our submission by sending in your own personal story r=
egarding your battle as a father with suicide=2E Please indicate to us wheth=
er you are willing for us to use your personal and contact details=2E<SPAN s=
tyle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe would be honoured to place your=
 story on the table at this important Suicide Prevention Workshop=2E<SPAN st=
yle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EStatistics can lie, but real life s=
tories can be a source of positive change=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes=
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style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=91Love Your Mum=92- Happy=
 Mothers Day<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
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ents<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</B=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN=
: 0cm 27=2E55pt 0pt 0cm'=3E<B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'=3E<SPAN=
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rhood Foundation<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</B=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal sty=
le=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 27=2E55pt 0pt 36pt'=3E<B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: no=
rmal'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=
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FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThe Fatherhood Foundation is running a =91Love Your Mum=92=
 =96 Happy Mothers Day campaign through three Community Service Advertisemen=
ts=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe expect you will see=
 one of these adverts over the next two weeks=2E<B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-we=
ight: normal'=3E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</B=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal st=
yle=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 27=2E55pt 0pt 36pt'=3E<B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: n=
ormal'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=
=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</B=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN:=
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ONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EThe Fa=
therhood Foundation believes the best thing a father can do for his children=
 is to love and honour their mother=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
 </SPAN=3EWho better to salute and honour the mums of Australia than Austral=
ia=92s fathers=3F<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
'MARGIN: 0cm 27=2E55pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU st=
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=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 2=
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ZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EThese advert=
s have all come out of impromptu street interviews that are non-scripted=2E<=
SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EEven the =91Mothers Day Rap=92=
 was performed and written by one of the people interviewed on the street as=
 a result of the interview=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 27=2E=
55pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: norma=
l'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-=
bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E1=2E =91Mothers are Special=92<SPAN style=3D'mso=
-tab-count: 1'=3E=A0</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</B=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=
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<B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT=
-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E3=2E =91M=
others Day Rap=92<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</B=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal st=
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-bidi-font-weight: normal'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FO=
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=3E</B=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 27=2E55pt 0pt 0cm; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAM=
ILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EThe Fatherhood Foundation is d=
edicated to helping fathers be better fathers=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun:=
 yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EBesides the fact that we are totally committed to mothe=
rs, the CSA =91Love Your Mum=92 =96 Happy Mothers Day campaign is also a del=
iberate attempt to show the TV stations that we are indeed pro-mother and pr=
o-family as well as being pro-father=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
 </SPAN=3EMilitant feminists wrote to the ASB in order to take our Fathers D=
ay CSAs off air=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThey did =
not succeed, but it is very important that we show the general public that w=
e believe in mothers too=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
Our TV ads for mothers and fathers will also add weight to the argument that=
 every child has a right to both a mother and a father and that the two pare=
nt family has been proven to be the best case scenario in the majority of in=
ternational family studies=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNor=
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so-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EI provide this letter of support for the Fath=
erhood Foundation in its application for tax-deductibility status=2E<o:p=3E<=
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Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EIn order for the Foundation=92s gre=
at work to continue and grow it is imperative that funds are raised=2E<SPAN =
style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWith the Foundation being granted=
 tax deductibility status vital support funding may be sourced that previous=
ly was unattainable=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal sty=
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 note-worthy that the Fatherhood Foundation is encouraging fathers to play a=
 greater role in their children=92s formative years through education and su=
pport=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThis work is very i=
mportant to our community and requires support from all areas in society inc=
luding government=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=
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 support the application and I would appreciate it if you would consider the=
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