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you didn=92t say anything in the first place, or just being too busy to spen=
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n: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=91Money can=92t buy me love=92=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-=
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hat is, love innovators, not just love takers=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun:=
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=A0 </SPAN=3ENow is the time to start making deposits=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-s=
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ick Marsh=A0=A0has been married=A0to Alison for=A027 years=2E He is the fath=
er of five children, four boys and one girl, ranging in age from 22 years to=
=A010 years=2E=A0 Warwick is a musician, songwriter, producer and public spe=
aker who likes to think he can still laugh at himself=2E</SPAN=3E<SPAN style=
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<B=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-=
bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3ETHE ART OF FATHERING =96 BACK YARD BLITZ</SPAN=3E=
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MILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EWhat reason does an ageing 39=
 year old need to spend endless hours sweating it out in the back yard, when=
 the surf is going off, and its really his only day off=3F Money=3F No! The =
need for a suntan=3F No! Jamie Drury helping in his khakis=3F No! Try a two =
year old who needs a play gym and a sand pit=2E Yep=85that=92s the only reas=
on a dad needs to get motivated=2E Sure I=92d like to be at the beach, or si=
tting out by the pool having a relaxing cup of coffee=85but my little fella =
needs a play area=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText s=
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FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3ENow, before I start th=
e project, we need a concept; a plan; an idea=2E My need for a plan, archite=
cturally designed and drafted, has been lovingly replaced by my wife=92s sch=
ematic drawn in the air over a cup or tea one morning=2E The job=3F Remove t=
hat old garden, pull out the existing clothesline, clear and level the whole=
 area, put in a new Hills hoist, go to the tip, spread the grass seed, and b=
y 3 o=92clock in the afternoon, we=92ll mow the new lawn and watch Regan (my=
 two year old) play in his new sand pit=2E Not quite the time frame I expect=
ed! Now if anyone knows what I am like, this could well be a 5 or 6-week pro=
ject,<IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/cli=
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 with eventual completion worthy of considerable pomp and ceremony=2E Sorry =
Paul, close but no cigar=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlock=
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: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3ESo why do we e=
ndure such pain and anguish in the back yard for a sandpit=3F Guys, we have =
been put on this earth for many reasons-yes, fun is one, success may be anot=
her, but fathering is certainly one area we have been blessed with=2E Once g=
iven the opportunity, we should run with it and give it our all=2E Therefore=
 the little sandpit (much like Warwick's rabbit hutch) will be no rush job, =
and will provide endless hours of sharing time and interaction between fathe=
r and son=2E Just to watch your children playing, their ability <IMG hspace=3D=
4 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/father=
s=5Fmuddy%20kid=2Ejpg' align=3Dright vspace=3D4 border=3D0=3Eto turn the sim=
plest objects and surroundings into a big wide world of fun, is so good=2E W=
ho remembers as a child, a dirt mound for your matchbox cars became a mounta=
in and rally track for the real thing=3F Watching sticks race through the wa=
ter in the gutter was akin to white water rafting down the Nile=2E And the w=
ar games in the back yard with the next-door neighbours were serious busines=
s; just ask the nurses at the casualty ward in Wollongong Hospital=2E All go=
od fun!<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'MARGIN=
: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE:=
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-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:=
 Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EAlthough the sandpit and play gym =
have not yet materialised, I can already picture the fun my little fella wil=
l have=2E It will be his big wide world of adventure=85talking to himself, d=
igging, and making those special noises that boys do when they play=2E I can=
=92t wait! <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'MA=
RGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-S=
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TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAM=
ILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EYou see, childhood should be a=
 special time of delight, when the world seems fresh, carefree, and simple=2E=
 The miracle of growth is a special concept from God, and those who particip=
ate with their children in this miracle are the richer for it=2E Grasp this =
guys people; God planned childhood not merely for the child, but also for th=
e parents=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
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AN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-fon=
t-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EThe challenge=3F All you budding architects and designer=
s<IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5F=
images/fathers=5Fcubby=2Ejpg' align=3Dright vspace=3D4 border=3D0=3E of back=
 yards, throw away the T-Square and Compass=85picture your back yard when yo=
u were a kid, and start building=2E Remember, kids don=92t recognise perfect=
 angles and dovetail joints, just lot=92s of fun and shared time with those =
who love them=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:=
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<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-=
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style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt=
'=3ETill next time, PAUL<B=3E<U=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</U=3E</B=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E=
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=5F=5F</P=3E<P=3EPaul Sloan is an accountant working in Maroochydoore=2E He =
is married with three children aged two,=A0ten and=A0twelve years=2E Paul is=
 an active surfer who lives on the Sunshine Coast=A0in Queensland=2E He is a=
 family man who hasn't lost his sense of humour=2E</P=3E</SPAN=3E<br=3E<br=3E=
<div align=3Dright=3E<font size=3D2=3E<a href=3D'#top'=3EBack to top</a=3E</=
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<td width=3D578 height=3D25 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' nowrap=3E<img src=3D'http://=
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ce=3DVerdana=3EA computer was something on TV<BR=3EFrom a science fiction sh=
ow of note<BR=3EA window was something you hated to clean<BR=3EAnd ram was t=
he father of a goat</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 9p=
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ARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<BR=3EMeg was the name of my girlfriend<BR=3EAnd gig w=
as a job for the nights<BR=3ENow they all mean different things<BR=3EAnd tha=
t's a real mega byte=2E<BR=3E<BR=3EAn application was for employment<BR=3EA =
program was a TV show<BR=3EA cursor used profanity<BR=3EA keyboard was a pia=
no=2E<BR=3E<BR=3EMemory was something that you lost with age<BR=3EA CD was a=
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d out=2E<BR=3E<BR=3ECompress was something you did to the garbage<BR=3ENot s=
omething you did to a file<BR=3EAnd if you unzipped anything in public<BR=3E=
You'd be in jail for a while=2E<BR=3E<BR=3ELog on was adding wood to the fir=
e<BR=3EHard drive was a long trip on the road<BR=3EA mouse pad was where a m=
ouse lived<BR=3EAnd a backup happened to your commode=2E<BR=3E<BR=3ECut you =
did with a pocket knife<BR=3EPaste you did with glue<BR=3EA web was a spider=
's home<BR=3EAnd a virus was the flu=2E<IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Eb=
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right vspace=3D4 border=3D0=3E<BR=3E<BR=3EI guess I'll stick to my pad and p=
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NT face=3DVerdana=3E<FONT size=3D2=3E<B=3ETwin Brothers</B=3E<BR=3E<BR=3EA f=
amily had twin boys whose only resemblance to each other was their looks=2E =
If one felt it was too hot, the other thought it was too cold=2E If one said=
 the TV was too loud, the other claimed the volume needed to be turned up=2E=
 Opposite in every way, one was an eternal optimist, the other a doom and gl=
oom pessimist=2E </FONT=3E</FONT=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EJust=
 to see what would happen, on Christmas, their father loaded the pessimist's=
 room with every imaginable toy and game=2E The optimist's room he loaded wi=
th horse manure=2E </FONT=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EThat night =
the father passed by the pessimist's room and found him sitting amid his new=
 gifts crying bitterly=2E </FONT=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3E'Why=
 are you crying=3F' the father asked=2E </FONT=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana s=
ize=3D2=3E'Because my friends will be jealous, I'll have to read all these i=
nstructions before I can do anything with this stuff, I'll constantly need b=
atteries, and my toys will eventually get broken' answered the pessimist twi=
n=2E </FONT=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EPassing the optimist twin=
's room, the father found him dancing for joy in the pile of manure=2E 'What=
 are you so happy about=3F' he asked=2E </FONT=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana s=
ize=3D2=3ETo which his optimist twin replied: </FONT=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVer=
dana size=3D2=3E'Somewhere in here, there's got to be a pony!' <BR=3E</FONT=3E=
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a=3EI am a compulsive untrained handyman by the necessity of never being abl=
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face=3DVerdana=3EOn a quick visit she tells me all manner of new hopes and p=
lans=2E Like the time of her moving into the new house I start worrying abou=
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l states=92 ,'That is how it feels, isn=92t it! But at least our lives have =
added up to something eternally useful=2E You might feel mercilessly gnawed =
upon now, but if you seize the opportunity in conflict, a boss down the road=
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lt children, but reflecting on what parents go through, especially in the te=
enage years, it was a confirming statement of where teenagers are and where =
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We are still experiencing the cold shoulder, children believing they are vic=
timised by their parents, unresolved hurts and emotional stress but we have =
a different view on the conflict surrounding these things=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
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r prepared through this training than those who leave home because they are =
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0pt'=3ELast Tuesday, Warwick Marsh met in Sydney with Pru Goward, Sex Discri=
mination Commissioner for the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission=2E=
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This meeting was organised through the kind suggestion of Bettina Arndt, Syd=
ney Morning Herald journalist=2E Warwick, Pru and three other ladies from th=
e commission met to discuss the National Strategic Conference on Fatherhood =
and issues raised within The 12pt Plan=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EThe discussion was open, frank and cordial, and centred on the =
need to restore fatherhood and positive relations between men and women in g=
eneral=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAll agreed that th=
ere is a need to move away from confrontational discussion on gender issues =
to a more positive and engaging approach=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=
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Y: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EPru Goward has graciously agreed=
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ngratulated for her open-hearted approach to these important issues=2E<SPAN =
style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ERecent media statements have prob=
ably painted an unfair picture of Pru=92s position on these matters=2E<SPAN =
style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWhilst she would probably not agr=
ee with all the elements of the 12pt Plan, Pru has a deep passion to encoura=
ge Australian fathers to engage with their children=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spa=
cerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNorma=
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FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EThe National Strategic=
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ity to listen to many different viewpoints=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: ye=
s'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWalk in someone else=92s shoes and come up with a policy t=
hat will be fair and just, positive, practical, creative and all encompassin=
g for fathers, mothers and children=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
 </SPAN=3EThe purpose of the forthcoming policy development will be to turn =
the tide of fatherlessness and strengthen and restore fatherhood in Australi=
a=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm =
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ustify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana;=
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tional Strategic Conference on Fatherhood include: the Hon Paul Calvert, Pre=
sident of the Senate; Mark Latham, Labor Shadow Treasurer; Adrienne Burgess,=
 Keynote speaker from Fathers Direct, UK; Bettina Arndt, Sydney Morning Hera=
ld journalist; Dr Robert Kelso, Central Queensland University expert on Fami=
ly Law; Ron Williams, Aboriginal Elder; Rex Finch foremost publisher in Aust=
ralia of fatherhood, manhood and parenting titles; Brendan Sullivan, Tasmani=
an Health & Wellbeing; Paul Bartlett, Life Centres CEO; Richard Fletcher, Ne=
wcastle University, well known practitioner and researcher on fatherhood and=
 Warwick Marsh, Fatherhood Foundation=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EThe Prime Minister, Hon John Howard will be overseas and sends =
his apologies=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe expect t=
o hear from Hon Larry Anthony, Minister for Youth & Children and Ross Camero=
n, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Family and Community Services=
=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe are hopeful of some i=
nput from Hon John Anderson, Deputy Prime Minister, Hon Simon Crean, Leader =
of the Opposition and Senator Amanda Vanstone, Minister for Family & Communi=
ty Services amidst their hectic schedules=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=
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gic Conference on Fatherhood will represent a broad range of viewpoints and =
engage with politicians from all sides of parliament=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=
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ry week from different organisations that have heard about The 12pt Plan or =
the NSCF to be held in Canberra on 18<SUP=3Eth</SUP=3E & 19<SUP=3Eth</SUP=3E=
 August, 2003=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EInterest is=
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LY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EAd=
rienne Burgess, Co-Founder of Fathers Direct UK, and keynote speaker at the =
NSCF conference, will be meeting with key parliamentary leaders from both si=
des of parliament on Thursday, 14<SUP=3Eth</SUP=3E August, to further advanc=
e the cause of Aussie dads=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
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 best speaker on fatherhood in the world=94=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: y=
es'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAdrienne is a brilliant speaker and author of =91Fatherho=
od Reclaimed=92, and will bring great advancement to the restoration of fath=
erhood in Australia=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EFor m=
ore information on the NSCF, National Strategic Conference on Fatherhood, co=
ntact: <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0=
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reast-language: EN-AU'=3EWarwick Marsh on 02 4272 6677 or <A href=3D'http://=
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275&cid=3Dinfo@ausheart=2Ecom=2Eau&comp=3Dfathers&url=3Dhttp://www=2Ebosweb=2E=
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age: EN-AU'=3EIn support of the important strategic work of the Fatherhood F=
oundation, mensprayer=2Ecom is organising a major combined prayer up-reach a=
t Parliament House in August=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPA=
N=3ECol Stringer, well known Christian author, along with Brian Pickering, l=
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ers, will be sharing and leading in prayer for the nation, our politicians a=
nd the work of the Fatherhood Foundation=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=
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