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Roman custom associated with youthful expression of love=2E Valentines Day i=
s derived from the name of St Valentine who was a devout Christian living du=
ring the reign of Emperor Claudius II=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EClaudius the Cruel was having a difficult time getting soldiers=
 to join his military campaigns=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </=
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their loves or families in order to go to war=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun:=
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ements in Rome=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EValentine =
and Marius, who were the equivalent of modern day priests or Christian minis=
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spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EValentine and others with him continued to aid=
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AN=3EFor this act of kindness Valentine was put in prison and ultimately cru=
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On the day that he died, February 14, 268 AD, Valentine left a note of love =
and encouragement for the jailor=92s daughter in her new found faith, signed=
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AN=3EThe rest is history=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
Now 1 billion valentine=92s cards are exchanged with words of love and encou=
ragement around the world=2E Sometimes the simplest encouragements in life h=
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blood of someone=92s precious life=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3D=
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'=3EWhat=92s this got to do with being a good father=3F<SPAN style=3D'mso-sp=
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as a father is love your wife, =91your beloved=92=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-space=
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a love leader in your family=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPA=
N=3EYou don=92t need an excuse to send a love note of appreciation to the wi=
fe of your youth, but Valentine=92s Day gives you an opportunity to put your=
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Y: Verdana'=3ETwo things to do this week=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=
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e=92s Day=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EShe deserves it=
=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ERaising children and run=
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AN=3ESecondly, at the dinner table tell the story of Valentine=92s Day to yo=
ur children=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThey need to =
hear it from you=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMore imp=
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na=3ETHE ART OF FATHERING<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E- =
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an=3F; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA=3F=3E</SPAN=3Eby Paul Sloan<BR=3E<BR=3EMy pr=
evious=A0article mentioned the reality that children are all different, and =
that many have received the gift of =93MORE=94:<=3Fxml:namespace prefix =3D =
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ve, More Aware, More Slow-To-Adapt, More Irregular, More Energetic, More Moo=
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IGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Ve=
rdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EIt=92s the ability to manage these =93=
More=92s=94 that Mary Sheedy Kurcinka suggests will help you enjoy your spir=
ited/gifted child=2E The following provides briefly the signals inherent wit=
hin these more=92s, and possible ways to manage them=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=
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<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-=
font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EMore Intense</SPAN=3E</U=3E</B=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU s=
tyle=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=
=3E: Loud dramatic spirited kids are<IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosw=
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lign=3Dright border=3D0=3E easiest to spot=2E They don=92t cry, they BELLOW=2E=
 They=92re noisy when they play, when they laugh, when they shower=2E But qu=
iet, more observant kids can also be spirited =96 their intensity is inward,=
 that=92s all=2E Either way, there reactions are always powerful and their t=
antrums are spectacular!<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockTex=
t style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<B=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-=
AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E=
0pt'=3E=85Management</SPAN=3E</B=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10=
pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E: Watch your child=
 =96 how do his body movements change=3F What happens to his tone of voice=3F=
 And next time he starts acting this way, move in and direct him before he l=
oses control=2E Help him recognise the triggers, teach him how to calm down=2E=
<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0=
cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; =
FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SP=
AN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:=
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LY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EMore Persistent</SPAN=3E</U=3E<=
/B=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-=
bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E: Spirited kids lock on to whatever it is they=92=
re doing=2E They=92re determined, won=92t let go without a fight=2E They=92r=
e goal oriented, committed to their task=2E They love to argue and assert th=
emselves=2E And getting a change of mind is a major challenge=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=
=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT=
-ALIGN: justify'=3E<B=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FA=
MILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=85Management: </SPAN=3E</B=3E=
<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-=
font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EPersistent kids want it now! You can sometimes defuse=
 a bomb by saying yes more than no=2E Sometimes you may have to do a deal: s=
ometimes Coke, sometimes fruit=2E Aim for a win-win solution instead of a no=
-win war=2E<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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/o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<B=3E<U=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt=
; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EMore Sensitive</SPAN=
=3E</U=3E</B=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Ver=
dana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E: Spirited kids react to the slightest=
 noise, smell, touch, taste, texture, and change of mood=2E Crowds can overw=
helm them; supermarkets can reduce them to tears=2E And getting dressed can =
bring on an itchy-scratchy fit=2E They soak up every emotion=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=
=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT=
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MILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=85Management</SPAN=3E</B=3E<=
SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-f=
ont-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E: Your sensitive child is easily swamped by too much s=
timulation or stress =96 so reduce that stimulation or stress before he reac=
hes melt down=2E Triggers may be fluorescent lights, flashing signs, strange=
 smells, and a crowd of noisy rushing people on shopping day=85not good=2E W=
atch for warning signs=2E Take him somewhere quiet or for a walk outside=2E =
You may have to finish your shopping another day=3F<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E<=
/P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justi=
fy'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso=
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AN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-fon=
t-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EMore Aware</SPAN=3E</U=3E</B=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D=
'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E: Sp=
irited kids are easily distracted=2E Send them off to pick up their toys, an=
d something else will catch their attention =96 instructions forgotten=2E It=
 can take them 30 minutes to make the 30-second trip from car to house=2E Th=
ey notice everything =96 mud in puddle, birds in a tree, and dew on a spider=
=92s web=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'M=
ARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<B=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'=
FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=85Ma=
nagement: </SPAN=3E</B=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-F=
AMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EHelp your more perceptive ch=
ild to =93Tune-In=94=85turn off that TV and do your reading RIGHT NOW!! Reme=
mber: hearing instructions is hard work for spirited kids =96 so the message=
 must be clear: Stop! Bed! Shoes! Eat!<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=
=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN l=
ang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-si=
ze: 12=2E0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText sty=
le=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<B=3E<U=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-=
AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E=
0pt'=3EMore Slow To Adapt</SPAN=3E</U=3E</B=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FO=
NT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E: Spiri=
ted kids wake up with plans! They hate surprises, and don=92t cope easily wi=
th sudden change =96 TV going off, ending a game because it=92s lunchtime, s=
leeping at home instead of Grandma=92s=2E if they expect one thing and somet=
hing else happens =96 Bamm! =96 all hell can break loose=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</=
SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIG=
N: justify'=3E<B=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:=
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N lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EThey need time to shift from doing one thing to another, =
so give them a strong daily routine with plenty of warning: =93In 10 minutes=
 I need you to stop and come inside=94 =93When Dad gets home I want you to=85=
=94 And let them know how proud you are when they cope well with a change =96=
 like getting in the car without a fuss=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P c=
lass=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SP=
AN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-fon=
t-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText=
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EN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=
=2E0pt'=3EMore Irregular</SPAN=3E</U=3E</B=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FON=
T-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E: Spirit=
ed kids struggle with any kind of schedule or routine=2E Knowing when they=92=
ll sleep or eat or visit the loo is a mystery =96 they prefer doing things t=
heir way in their time=2E And it=92s never the same two days running=2E<o:p=3E=
</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;=
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NT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=85Management: </SPAN=3E=
</B=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso=
-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EThis child will not be hungry at dinnertime but=
 is STARVING the moment you clear the table=2E But you CAN cut back on the a=
ngry flare-ups by being consistent =96 same thing, same time, everyday=2E An=
d by being encouraging: =93You=92re really flexible=94, =93You=92re full of =
surprises aren=92t you!=94=92 You=92ll make a great Doctor, Nurse, Pilot=94=85=
anyone who works crazy hours=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoB=
lockText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DE=
N-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E=
0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'MAR=
GIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<B=3E<U=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D=
'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EMore=
 Energetic</SPAN=3E</U=3E</B=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; =
FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E: Most spirited kids n=
ever stop =96 and it=92s often that raw, frenzied energy that tells a parent=
: =93We=92ve got a live one here!=94 Not all of them are smashers and leaper=
s, but they can still wear you to a frazzle=85always busy exploring, investi=
gating, pulling things apart=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoB=
lockText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<B=3E<SPAN lan=
g=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size=
: 12=2E0pt'=3E=85Management</SPAN=3E</B=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-S=
IZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E: Spirited =
kids need to know: =93You=92re body=92s full of energy, you like to learn by=
 using your hands and feet=94, =93You=92ll one day make a great athlete=85=94=
 (Or tradesman, sports-person, farmer, whatever)=2E And our job as parents=3F=
 To keep them safe and teach them to use their energy in positive fun ways=2E=
<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0=
cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; =
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LY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EMore Moody</SPAN=3E</U=3E</B=3E=
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can be far and few between=2E They can ask a lot, expect a lot, whine a lot =
and find fault with just about everything=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<=
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=3E: Roughly 50% of spirited kids are more serious, negative, and likely to =
cry=2E They don=92t mean to appear sulky or ungrateful =96 they just see the=
 world through more critical eyes=2E So teach them to respect others feeling=
s, and express themselves more tactfully=2E And encourage them: =93That=92s =
a great suggestion!=94 =93Tell me what you=92ve enjoyed=2E Then tell me what=
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else you do, remember: your spirited kid is not out to GET you=2E It=92s jus=
t the way she=92s programmed=2E He=92s just marching to the beat of a differ=
ent drum=2E Your willingness to apply positive labels, talk things through, =
reduce the stress and stimulation=85and this could make a huge difference to=
 how the two of you get through today, tomorrow=85and life=2E Remember: you =
can ENJOY your wild child! <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlock=
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, Paul<BR=3E=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
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mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0c=
m 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-F=
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w=3F=3F=3EPaul and his wife are the Children=92s Ministry Coordinators for t=
he Goodlife </SPAN=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; m=
so-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ' Courier New=3F=3F=3ECommuni=
ty Centre in Buderim, QLD=2E Paul has</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FO=
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en aged two,=A0ten and=A0thirteen years=2E Paul is an active surfer and a fa=
mily man who hasn't lost his sense of humour=2E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E</SPA=
N=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div align=3Dright=3E<font size=3D=
2=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 bgcolo=
r=3D'#ffffff' nowrap=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fbl=
ast/templates/fathers/template1/Generic/banner=2Ejpg' width=3D595=3E</td=3E<=
/tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D12 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' background=3D'ht=
tp://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/templates/fathers/template1/Gener=
ic/fade=2Egif'=3E<blockquote=3E<p=3E<font size=3D3 face=3D'Verdana, Arial, H=
elvetica, sans-serif' color=3Dblack=3E<br=3E<a name=3D'anchor3'=3E</a=3E<b=3E=
Grandads</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/fat=
hers=5Fissue76-9th February, 2004=5Felderly-couple-hugging 250=2Egif' align=3D=
left=3E</div=3E <H3 class=3Dtitle=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D3=3EPerfecti=
on in my Eyes</FONT=3E</H3=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana color=3Dmagenta=3EAll=
 I ever wanted was to be part of your heart, <BR=3EAnd for us to be together=
, to never be apart=2E </FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana color=3Dmage=
nta=3ENo one else in the world can even compare, <BR=3EYou're perfect and so=
 is this love that we share=2E</FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana color=
=3Dmagenta=3EWe have so much more than I ever thought we would, <BR=3EI love=
 you more than I ever thought I could=2E </FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E=A0</P=3E<P=3E<=
FONT face=3DVerdana color=3Dmagenta=3EI promise to give you all I have to gi=
ve, <BR=3EI'll do anything for you as long as I live=2E </FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E=
<FONT face=3DVerdana color=3Dmagenta=3EIn your eyes I see our present, our f=
uture and past, <BR=3EBy the way you look at me I know we will last=2E </FON=
T=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E<FONT color=3Dmagenta=3EI hope that on=
e day you'll come to realize, <BR=3EHow perfect you are when seen through my=
 eyes</FONT=3E=2E </FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E<BR=3E<I=3E<B=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E=
by Ashley Borden</FONT=3E</B=3E</I=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 heigh=
t=3D13 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' nowrap=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2E=
au/email=5Fblast/templates/fathers/template1/Generic/banner=2Ejpg' width=3D5=
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kground=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/templates/fathers/te=
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=3E</a=3E<b=3ELaughter</b=3E</font=3E<font face=3D'verdana' size=3D2=3E<br=3E=
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l say to the paper=3F=A0</FONT=3E</STRONG=3E <BR=3E<B=3E<FONT face=3DLibrari=
an=3E<FONT color=3D#000000=3E<FONT size=3D+1=3E'I dot my i's on you !'=A0</F=
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gif' width=3D153 border=3D0 Day!=3F s=3E</I=3E</FONT=3E</B=3E</P=3E</FONT=3E=
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Back to top</a=3E</font=3E</div=3E<br=3E<p=3E</p=3E</font=3E</blockquote=3E<=
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578 height=3D25 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' background=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2E=
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te=3E<p=3E<font size=3D3 face=3D'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif' colo=
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<font face=3D'verdana' size=3D2=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2E=
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ry, 2004=5FLost boy=2Ejpg' align=3Dleft=3E</div=3E <DIV class=3DSection1=3E<=
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le=3EName Dilemma after Divorce=2E<=3Fxml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D 'urn=
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yle=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3Eby John Flanagan</FONT=3E</S=
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'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EFamily break-up is now occurring m=
ore often=2E Unfortunately nearly one in two marriages currently end in divo=
rce=2E An important issue then often arises as to what name children of sepa=
rated families should be now referred to at school=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E=
</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN st=
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le=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EFrequently, the parent with w=
hom the child is living will want to use a new name for their child=2E This =
may be contrary to the wishes of the other parent=2E Contrary to popular bel=
ief, a deed poll does not of itself change a person=92s name - it is merely =
evidence of the change in the name=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E=
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LY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EThe NSW Department of Education has a =93Sch=
ool and Family Law=94 policy=2E To satisfy legal requirements, this policy s=
tates that the School Principal must enroll the student under the name indic=
ated on the student=92s birth certificate=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E=
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T-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EThe Principal cannot enroll students u=
nder an alternative name or change existing records to indicate a new name=2E=
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arent=2E For example, one condition can be that the enrolling parent provide=
s a signed consent from the other parent agreeing to the name change=2E Howe=
ver often this agreement cannot be obtained by the resident parent=2E<o:p=3E=
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uments with the resident parent, the Principal will normally allow the use o=
f<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3Ea =93known as name=94 on t=
he school roll and other school records=2E This effectively bypasses the NSW=
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PAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EThe Department of Educ=
ation needs to recognise that both parents have the right to participate in =
decisions that affect their children - not just the resident parent=2E<SPAN =
style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=A0 </SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=
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T size=3D2=3EJohn Flanagan has two (2) twin daughters aged 7 years=2E He is =
a non-resident parent=2E=A0</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Ver=
dana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3D=
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a'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EJohn is also the Assistant Secretary of the Fairness i=
n Child Support (F=2EI=2EC=2ES=2E) group located in Wollongong=2E<SPAN style=
=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E</DIV=3E<br=3E=
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erdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3ESpeech given at the Men as Fathers F=
orum,<=3Fxml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office=
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LY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3ECanberra, Thursday 5<SUP=3Eth</=
SUP=3E February 2004 <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</B=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNorma=
l style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0=2E55pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3D=
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weeks ago I was driving home, from Canberra to Wollongong=2E<SPAN style=3D'm=
so-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI usually descend the beautiful but treache=
rous Macquarie Pass, famous for its many hairpin bends=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-=
spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMy trip was interrupted when I reached a bus s=
tuck on a corner=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThis par=
ticular corner is the tightest and most dangerous of the hairpin bends on Ma=
cquarie Pass=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe bus driv=
er was either trying to avoid the cars on the outside of the corner who were=
 not giving him the room he needed, or maybe he had never been this way befo=
re himself=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MAR=
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0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EWhatever the case=
 he couldn=92t make the turn in one complete sweep and had to back up the hi=
ll to gain more turning space=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SP=
AN=3EIt was then he realised he had misjudged the corner and grounded the re=
ar of the bus on the steep incline=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
 </SPAN=3EHe couldn=92t go forward and he couldn=92t go backward=2E<SPAN sty=
le=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe coach completely blocked the roa=
d and the other cars and trucks rapidly began to bank up, both up and down t=
he mountain=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETempers began=
 to flair as people jumped out of their vehicles to see what the problem was=
=2E Being a heavy vehicle driver myself I even got annoyed at the coach driv=
er for not knowing what to do in this situation, forgetting about those othe=
r drivers who should have given the big bus more room to turn and thereby bl=
ocking the path for everyone except themselves=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=
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ustify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana;=
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N lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EWhat has this got to do with Men as Fathers =96 The Crisi=
s in Families=3F<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'=
MARGIN: 0cm 0=2E55pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU styl=
e=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=
=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0=
=2E55pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZ=
E: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EIn the 50s, m=
en came home from a war they should never have had to fight=2E<SPAN style=3D=
'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAll of them had seen things they should n=
ever have had to see=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThey=
 buried themselves in making babies and working hard to get ahead, perhaps t=
oo hard=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThis was a time o=
f absentee fathers and many claim it was a time of family facades=2E<SPAN st=
yle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIn the sixties the sex, drugs and r=
ock & roll generation rebelled against those facades and in their search for=
 meaning threw everything out and tried to start all over again=2E<SPAN styl=
e=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI was one of those baby boomers and a=
 devoted member of the sex, drugs and rock & roll generation=2E<SPAN style=3D=
'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EUnfortunately the experiment didn=92t wor=
k=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe grand social experi=
ment in a valueless and fatherless society has failed miserably=2E<SPAN styl=
e=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P clas=
s=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0=2E55pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E=
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EN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=
=2E0pt'=3ECurrently we have over 100,000 abortions each year, soaring crime =
statistics, spiralling community violence, huge drug problems, child abuse a=
nd sexual molestation statistics increasing yearly and deviancy of all kinds=
 becoming increasingly common, not to mention the fact that one out of every=
 two marriages ends in divorce and family breakdown has now reached epidemic=
 proportion=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MA=
RGIN: 0cm 0=2E55pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D=
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5pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 1=
0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EThe =91if it feel=
s good, do it=92, =91me-first=92 generation has spawned a plethora of moveme=
nts for more rights and less responsibilities=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun:=
 yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt is now time for a change=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacer=
un: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal s=
tyle=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0=2E55pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN=
-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E=
0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=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'=3EOur cu=
rrent family crisis and values vacuum in our upwardly mobile western society=
 is not unlike the problem I encountered on Macquarie Pass that day as tempe=
rs frayed and the coach blocked the highway=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: y=
es'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI wish I could say that I was part of the answer but I se=
lfishly navigated around the coach because I didn=92t have the time to work =
on the problem and I really didn=92t quite know what to do anyway=2E<SPAN st=
yle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P cl=
ass=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0=2E55pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E=
<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-=
font-size: 12=2E0pt'=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; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=
=2E0pt'=3EUnfortunately we have all detoured around the problems of our soci=
ety and thought, =91someone else can fix it=92=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun=
: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EOne of the <B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'=3E=
major</B=3E problems is the alarming increase of fatherlessness in our socie=
ty=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe have over a million=
 children, not living with their biological fathers in Australia today=2E<SP=
AN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ECanberra alone has over 15,000=
 children who suffer that heartbreak to a lesser or greater extent=2E Our fa=
therless society just perpetuates itself and the broken relationships get de=
eper and the hurt reproduces itself=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
 </SPAN=3EOur society is stuck just like the bus on Macquarie Pass=2E<SPAN s=
tyle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIf our society continues on its pr=
esent course of self destruction, soon we won=92t have a society=2E<o:p=3E</=
o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0=2E55pt 0pt =
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T-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
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: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verda=
na; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EWhat is the answer=3F<SPAN style=3D'mso-=
spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNo=
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Quite simply we have to change from being a =91me-first=92 society to a =91w=
e-first=92 society=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThat c=
hange must come from within as we begin to acknowledge the problems together=
=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe Men as Fathers Forum=
 is not about apportioning blame, but finding answers=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-s=
pacerun: yes'=3E=A0<IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/ema=
il=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Fmen%201=2Ejpg' align=3Dright border=3D0=
=3E </SPAN=3EWe as men must begin to find ourselves and become servant leade=
rs in our families and in our society=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EWe must humbly accept responsibility where it is truly ours and=
 get on with the restoration of fatherhood in ourselves and in our nation=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWhy=3F<SPAN style=3D'mso-sp=
acerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EBecause a fatherless society will lead to comple=
te anarchy=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe restoratio=
n of fatherhood is also a restoration of motherhood, which is in itself a re=
storation of marriage=2E This will result in a renewal of families=2E<SPAN s=
tyle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThis is only just the beginning=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThere is more to be said, b=
ut others can say it=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal st=
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0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=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'=3EThank =
God we have a Prime Minister who is keen to restore the importance of father=
hood=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThank God we have an=
 Opposition Leader who is himself a passionate father=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-s=
pacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThank God you are here=2E You presence shows yo=
u are part of the answer=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNorma=
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'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3ELet =
me finish my contribution by honouring a beautiful Aboriginal elder and frie=
nd who was himself stolen from his father when he was a young boy=2E<SPAN st=
yle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt doesn=92t sound too dissimilar t=
o what many young children go through today at the hands of the Family Court=
=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI believe it would be ve=
ry fitting for Ps Peter Morgan to close my speech by saying a prayer for the=
 fatherless children of Australia today=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EWould you allow him to=3F<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=
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IZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThis public forum was attended by 100 peo=
ple at the Legislative Assembly in Canberra=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: y=
es'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt was a great success, but is only the beginning of the =
struggle for equity and justice for fathers in the Australian Capital Territ=
ory (ACT)=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe now have to =
inundate the media and politicians of Canberra and the ACT with letters and =
emails of support for in Inquiry into the Status of Fathers in the ACT, simi=
lar to the inquiry held in South Australia last year=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=
=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 41=2E05pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-A=
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AN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<BR=3E<STR=
ONG=3E<FONT color=3Dfirebrick=3EMEN AS FATHERS: PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS<o:p=3E<=
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'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT color=3Dfirebrick=3EPUBLIC M=
EETING DECLARATION<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNorma=
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EN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<BR=3EThe gathering =
of Canberra's men at the Men as Fathers Forum on Thursday, 5th of February h=
as been another historic milestone in the positive progress of the fathers a=
nd families of Canberra=2E<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'=3E<BR=3EThe Forum was =
convened by Jacqui Burke, Member for Molonglo=2E=A0 We thank all the women w=
ho attended the forum and have supported us=2E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=
=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 41=2E05pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana=
'=3E<BR=3EThe Forum noted that fatherlessness has been shown to increase the=
 likelihood of poverty, lower educational performance, criminal activity, dr=
ug use, suicidal behaviour and child abuse=2E=A0 Fatherlessness costs Austra=
lia in excess of 13 billion dollars per year, according to Dr Bruce Robinson=
 of the University of Western Australia=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P c=
lass=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 41=2E05pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify=
'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<BR=
=3EThe Forum unanimously agreed that children need a mother and a father=2E=A0=
 Our society needs men and women who will say 'we first' instead of 'me firs=
t'=2E The divorce rate of all marriages in Australia is now 1 in 2=2E=A0 Fam=
ily breakdown has reached epidemic proportions=2E=A0 One million children no=
w live without their biological father in their home=2E=A0 The rate of men's=
 suicide is now greater than the national road toll=2E=A0 Men are killing th=
emselves at a rate four times that of women=2E=A0 Many of these men are fath=
ers in crisis=2E This crisis in fatherhood also affects our children<o:p=3E<=
/o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 41=2E05pt 0p=
t 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; F=
ONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<BR=3EIt is significant that as we release this state=
ment to the media we have, standing with us, Ps Peter Morgan, an Aboriginal =
elder (81 years of age) who was taken away from his father when he was only =
four years old by the government of the day=2E=A0 His experience is not diss=
imilar to what many young children go through today at the hands of the Fami=
ly Court of Australia=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal s=
tyle=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 41=2E05pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DE=
N-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<BR=3EWe look forward=
 to the ACT Legislature accepting Jacqui Burke's motion for an inquiry into =
the status of fathers as has recently occurred in South Australia=2E=A0 We b=
elieve it is time for the men and women of the ACT to work together for the =
benefit of our children=2E<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'=3E<BR=3EWe the men and=
 fathers of Canberra ask the members of the Legislative Assembly to unite to=
gether and accept the motion for an inquiry into the status of fathers in th=
e ACT=2E<BR=3E<BR=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 41=2E05p=
t 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10p=
t; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EFor further information contact:<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</=
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Y: Verdana'=3E<BR=3EDennis & Estelle O'Brien<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=
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info@fathersonline=2Eorg</A=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNo=
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idi-language: AR-SA=3F=3E<STRONG=3ELatham must make marriage matter</STRONG=3E=
</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E<SPAN style=3D'mso-bookmark: Latham=5Fmust=5Fmake=5Fmarria=
ge=5Fmatter'=3E</SPAN=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E<SPAN=3E<BR=3E<BR=3E<STRONG=3EThe =
Australian, <SPAN style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'=3EFebruary 04, 2004, =
Janet Albrechtsen</SPAN=3E</STRONG=3E</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FO=
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: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EPUCK=
ER up, Mr Latham=2E Conservatives will soon be queuing to embrace the new Op=
position Leader=2E Finally, a Labor party politician talking about social re=
alities and personal obligations=2E Finally, some real political opposition=2E=
<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 41=2E=
05pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bott=
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PAN style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'=3ELast week's Labor Party conferenc=
e signals that Mark Latham has discovered the essential truth: the vast bulk=
 of the electorate is more socially conservative than your standard ALP fare=
=2E That is why he is on a winner with his recent, eminently sensible social=
 policy edicts=2E</SPAN=3E <BR=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMs=
oNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 41=2E05pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-mar=
gin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D=
'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fa=
reast-language: EN-AU'=3EPointing to the 600,000 children who live in single=
-parent households, Latham has promised to set up a national mentoring progr=
am=2E He told the conference: 'For boys without men in their lives this is a=
 real issue: a lack of male mentors and role models teaching them the differ=
ence between right and wrong=2E I see this in my own community: boys who hav=
e gone off the rails=2E And lost touch with a thing called society=2E' <BR=3E=
<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 41=2E=
05pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bott=
om-alt: auto'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Ve=
rdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EThese ar=
e fine ideas that will resonate with voters who were left wondering if judgm=
ent-shy politicians would ever catch up with the social problems inflicted b=
y a 30-year experiment in fatherlessness=2E <BR=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</=
P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 41=2E05pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN:=
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: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3ELatham has also been reminding pe=
ople about their obligations, repositioning Labor away from a narcissistic r=
ights agenda, to a more community-based notion of obligations=2E A sure sign=
 Latham is successfully aligning himself with the voters are disgruntled com=
ments over the weekend by left-wing female media commentators uncomfortable =
with all this talk of obligations=2E <BR=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P =
class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 41=2E05pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justif=
y; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-=
AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E=
0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EHowever, if Latham is genuinely concerne=
d about parenting, building stronger communities and hammering rungs into hi=
s ladder of opportunity, he will have to grapple with the most basic rung of=
 all=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: =
0cm 41=2E05pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-ma=
rgin-bottom-alt: auto'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-F=
AMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; ms=
o-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EHe will need to talk about the need to promote =
strong, stable marriages=2E<BR=3E</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-S=
IZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-l=
anguage: EN-AU'=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
'MARGIN: 0cm 41=2E05pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: aut=
o; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10p=
t; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight:=
 bold; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EWhy=3F Because children raised outside=
 stable, low-conflict marriages do worse on just about every development sco=
re=2E Controlling for race and income, studies show that these children are =
more likely to have emotional or mental problems, have trouble in school, fi=
nd friendships harder going, suffer greater risks of physical, sexual or emo=
tional abuse=2E <BR=3E</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; =
FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN=
-AU'=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0=
cm 41=2E05pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-mar=
gin-bottom-alt: auto'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FA=
MILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso=
-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3ETeenagers living apart from fathers are more lik=
ely to become teenage parents, more likely to commit crimes, take drugs, lea=
ve school early=2E<BR=3E</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt=
; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: =
EN-AU'=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN:=
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As laudable as it is, mentoring fatherless boys is just tinkering at the edg=
es=2E And the beauty for Latham is that if he comes out in defence of marria=
ge, he can do so, unlike US President George W=2E Bush and Prime Minister Jo=
hn Howard, without it being seen as some Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, as some=
 throwback to the 1950s picket fence=2E He is perfectly placed to transform =
the picket fence palings into his ladder of opportunity=2E Even Democrat pre=
sident Bill Clinton, with his scintillating philanderings, recognised that m=
arriage is bigger than his own personal failings=2E Hence his Defence of Mar=
riage Act which shored up marriage by excluding the notion of same-sex marri=
age=2E <BR=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MAR=
GIN: 0cm 41=2E05pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; m=
so-margin-bottom-alt: auto'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; F=
ONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bol=
d; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EAs English conservative journalist Roger S=
cruton wrote last year, marriage is more than the bond between one man and o=
ne woman in time=2E It is a social contract where the dead and yet to be bor=
n are also parties=2E It is 'the principal forum in which social capital is =
passed on'=2E <BR=3E</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FO=
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areast-language: EN-AU'=3EAs with same-sex marriages, the push to equate de =
facto relationships with marriage is misguided=2E Co-habitation is not marri=
age=2E Most people, when asked, express a long-term desire to get married=2E=
 They don't say they want to settle down into a good de facto relationship=2E=
<BR=3E</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Ver=
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stry in thirty-something angst over being unmarried attests to the fact that=
 marriage is still sought after=2E Think Bridget Jones, The Bachelor, The Ba=
chelorette, or for the more cerebral, Rachel Greenwald's Find a Husband Afte=
r 35 Using What I Learned At Harvard Business School=2E Staying single is no=
t nearly as much fun as Sex and the City would have us believe=2E <BR=3E<o:p=
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na; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EAnd despite=
 the statistics on divorce, most people enter marriage with a genuine belief=
 of a long term 'I will' commitment=2E For co-habiting partners, it is more =
a case of 'I might' as the statistics on the breakdown of de facto relations=
hips show=2E None of that would matter except for the growing number of chil=
dren born into these much less stable homes=2E <BR=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
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ze: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EThe cultural vandalism already =
wrought on marriage is palpable=2E Yet last year David de Vaus, author of Di=
versity and Change in Australian Families, said it was pointless to describe=
 the drift to single motherhood, and what he calls the 'until further notice=
' mentality in many modern relationships as good or bad=2E The purpose of pu=
blic policy, he said, was to reflect societal changes=2E Ho hum=2E Another a=
cademic preaching moral relativism=2E <BR=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=
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researcher at the Australian Institute of Family, de Vaus would be well vers=
ed on the devastating effects these changes have inflicted on children=2E Go=
vernments spend billions of dollars on health, education and welfare, keepin=
g us safe on the roads, improving our well-being by sponsoring arts and spor=
ts=2E Why not marriage=3F</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10p=
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 EN-AU'=3ELatham's recent pronouncements represent the first thoughtful step=
s in a revolt against the modern Zeitgeist, where the smashing of taboos was=
 necessarily viewed as progress=2E But he needs to go further in promoting s=
table marriages=2E Marriage education is one option=2E To encourage people t=
o think about their obligations, some US states offer covenant marriage whic=
h commits parties to marriage counselling and makes divorce more difficult=2E=
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