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made this choice, the choice to spend the one-on-one time with their childre=
n and let them know that they are special=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=
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parents are extremely careful about choosing a baby-sitter and a day care fo=
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ortant to know the content of every program your child watches=2E For younge=
r children, videos are much easier to monitor=2E Ask the question, =91Is the=
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Dad, when he must watch two football games at the same time!<o:p=3E</o:p=3E<=
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ily: Arial'=3E A TV in your child=92s bedroom is a big no-no=2E You won=92t =
be able to monitor the content, and your kids will be drawn to their rooms a=
t the expense of family interaction=2E A TV in the bedroom is a far too attr=
active temptation that easily interrupts such important matters as sleep, sc=
hoolwork, reading and interaction with others=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</FO=
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k; FONT-FAMILY: Geneva; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'=3E What are your guidel=
ines, rules and expectations for TV viewing=3F Can your children watch TV be=
fore school=3F How about before homework is finished=3F How many hours a day=
 can the TV be on=3F Setting limits may be a challenge to your whole family,=
 but when the limits are followed consistently, the results make them well w=
orth it=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</P=3E<P style=3D'MARGIN=
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idi-font-family: Arial'=3E=2E It=92s a good idea to be proactive about your =
TV use and misuse=2E Many healthy families pull out the TV guide on a weekly=
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r family is watching and how often, and it can make watching a TV program a =
family activity=2E Not too much butter on the popcorn though! Mom and Dad, w=
hy don=92t you make appointments with the TV, too=3F What children see, chil=
dren do=2E<IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblas=
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nt-family: Arial'=3E All television is educational=2E The question is, =91Wh=
at does it teach=3F=92 Recently, I gave in to watching a movie on TV under t=
he condition that afterward we would discuss it and react to it=2E Thankfull=
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m and watch them as a family =96 the VCR can be your friend=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
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<p=3E<font size=3D3 face=3D'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif' color=3Db=
lack=3E<br=3E<a name=3D'anchor3'=3E</a=3E<b=3EGrandads</b=3E</font=3E<font f=
ace=3D'verdana' size=3D2=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Eboswe=
b=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Fissue90-17th May, 2004=5F=
pigeon man thumb=2Ejpg' align=3Dleft=3E</div=3E <FONT face=3DArial=3E<P clas=
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N-AU'=3EA Black Day<=3Fxml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D 'urn:schemas-micros=
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ial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EBy Leo Talbot<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=
=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E=
<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-=
font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify=
'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-b=
idi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EI arrived home from s=
chool at about 4 pm one afternoon to find that my pigeons had been stolen, a=
nd one of the new chicks had been killed and was=A0dead on the floor of the =
cage=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0=
cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10=
pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language:=
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ZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-lan=
guage: EN-AU'=3EI was 10 at the time, it was 1952 and we were living at 44 C=
anning Street, North Melbourne=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMs=
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-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Ar=
ial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P clas=
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g=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-fami=
ly: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EI loved my pigeons=2E I had 5 exce=
llent pairs and they all were good breeders=2E My grandfather Bill Coyle had=
 been a pigeon man for years; he used to race some of his birds, and he had =
started me off with a blue medina hen and a lovely blue checker cock=2E<o:p=3E=
</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TE=
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Barry Rankin, Eca (short for Eric) Daniells and Chooka Burr and myself all h=
ad good pigeons=2E We would spend hours inspecting each others birds and=A0w=
atching them fly=2E We knew each others flock and could tell them from a sin=
gle glance up into the sky=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNor=
mal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU =
style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;=
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EN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: =
Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EWell, this day was a black day for me=2E=
 I had spent=A0a couple of years putting this small group of five pairs toge=
ther, and now they were gone=2E I was devastated=2E Mum had been down the st=
reet doing some shopping when it happened, so she could not help=2E I was in=
 tears=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN:=
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10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-languag=
e: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'M=
ARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-=
SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-l=
anguage: EN-AU'=3EDad got home about 5:30 in the evening=2E When I told him =
what had happened, he thought for a moment and said, 'Come on son, we=92ll g=
et them back'=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'=
MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT=
-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-=
language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal sty=
le=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D=
'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-far=
east-language: EN-AU'=3EHow on earth could he do this, I thought to myself=3F=
 Dad told mum not to keep our tea because we could be late, and so at about =
six o'clock we headed off in whatever car (it would have been old) dad had a=
t the time=2E I should remember the model, but I just can't=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN=
: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verda=
na; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</=
o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT=
-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:=
 Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EWe wen=
t up to Brougham Street and dad went in and spoke to somebody=2E I remember =
that this was a boarding house=2E A huge place that still stands on the corn=
er=2E After another couple of calls, and by now it was dark, we drove down O=
'Shaughnessy Street and pulled up near a lane=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E=
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<S=
PAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-fo=
nt-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify=
'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-b=
idi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EDad said, 'You wait h=
ere son, I'll be back in a few minutes'=2E He disappeared up a back lane and=
 about ten minutes later he came out with a couple of cardboard boxes=2E Whe=
n he got in the car he showed me what was in the boxes=2E It was my birds =85=
the whole ten of them=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal s=
tyle=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=
=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-=
fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNo=
rmal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=
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; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EHe told me that the bloke in the house he w=
ent into had paid ten bob for them=2E 'Ten bob', I said, 'They're worth quid=
s'=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm=
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; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: E=
N-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGI=
N: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE=
: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-langu=
age: EN-AU'=3EBy now it was about nine o'clock=2E I had my birds back and we=
 went home for dinner=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal s=
tyle=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=
=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-=
fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNo=
rmal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=
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; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EWhat a hero my dad was to me that night! =A0=
But that was my dad=2E What was important to me was very important to him!=A0=
 My dad had a big investment in the outcome of that venture=2E It was not an=
 investment of dollars and sense, but of the happiness of a boy who would on=
e day grow up to be a father too=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3D=
MsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3D=
EN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: =
Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P cl=
ass=3DMsoNormal 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-fa=
mily: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3ETo this day I do not know how he=
 knew=A0what to do to=A0find my birds and it is too late to ask now, he died=
 twenty-four years ago=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU styl=
e=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso=
-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoN=
ormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-A=
U style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Aria=
l; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EOrdinary blokes can be great dads and hero=
es to their children=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal st=
yle=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D=
'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-far=
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=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D=
'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNorm=
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tyle=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt;=
 mso-bidi-font-style: italic'=3ELeo Talbot has 4 daughters and 10 grandchild=
ren and has been happily married for 40 years=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun:=
 yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe has a background in Strategic Sales and IT=2E</SPAN=3E=
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r=3E<div align=3Dright=3E<font size=3D2=3E<a href=3D'#top'=3EBack to top</a=3E=
</font=3E</div=3E<br=3E<p=3E</p=3E</font=3E</blockquote=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E=
<td width=3D578 height=3D13 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' nowrap=3E<img src=3D'http://=
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nner=2Ejpg' width=3D595=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D25 bg=
color=3D'#ffffff' background=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast=
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<a name=3D'anchor4'=3E</a=3E<b=3ELaughter</b=3E</font=3E<font face=3D'verdan=
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/SPAN=3E=A0</P=3E<SPAN style=3D'COLOR: blue'=3E<P=3E<FONT color=3Dblueviolet=
=3EA tough old Gunnery Sergeant once counselled his grandson that if he want=
ed to live a long life the secret was to sprinkle a pinch of gunpowder on hi=
s oatmeal every morning=2E <IMG hspace=3D3 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2E=
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order=3D0=3E</FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT color=3Dblueviolet=3EThe grandson did =
this religiously and lived to the age of 110=2E He left behind 4 children, 2=
0 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren, 10 great great grandchildren and a =
fifty-foot hole where the crematorium used to be=2E </FONT=3E</P=3E</SPAN=3E=
</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</H4=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=
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fffff' nowrap=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/tem=
plates/fathers/template1/Generic/banner=2Ejpg' width=3D595=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<=
tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D25 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' background=3D'http://ww=
w=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/templates/fathers/template1/Generic/fade=
=2Egif'=3E<blockquote=3E<p=3E<font size=3D3 face=3D'Verdana, Arial, Helvetic=
a, sans-serif' color=3Dblack=3E<br=3E<a name=3D'anchor5'=3E</a=3E<b=3EBecomi=
ng fathers</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=5Fissue90-17th May, 2004=5Farndt=2Ejpg' align=3Dleft=3E</div=3E <P clas=
s=3DNormalWeb1 style=3D'MARGIN: auto 0cm'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; =
FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<SPAN=3E<FONT color=3D=
blueviolet=3E<STRONG=3EThe messages from society are clear - so why would an=
yone want to become a father=3F <BR=3E</STRONG=3E</FONT=3EBy Bettina Arndt=2E=
<=3Fxml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:offi=
ce' /=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E</SPAN=3E<P class=3DNormalWeb1 style=3D=
'MARGIN: auto 0cm'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; m=
so-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EYoung women aren't free to choose when to hav=
e children because their men aren't interested=2E Men are too self-absorbed,=
 too career-oriented=2E That's the latest suggestion to emerge in the debate=
 on fertility, where men are now being scolded for failing to shoulder the c=
ollective responsibility of a declining birthrate=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P class=3DNormalWeb1 style=3D'MARGIN: auto 0cm'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT=
-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EBut why s=
hould men be interested in fathering children=3F Confronted with the very st=
rong societal message that children do fine without fathers, is it so surpri=
sing that some men decide the risks of having children are just too high=3F<=
o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DNormalWeb1 style=3D'MARGIN: auto 0cm=
'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size=
: 12=2E0pt'=3EEvery week we see pregnant celebrities flaunting their decisio=
n to bear children on their own=2E There are howls of outrage when governmen=
ts try to confine access to IVF services to families with fathers=2E<o:p=3E<=
/o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DNormalWeb1 style=3D'MARGIN: auto 0cm'=3E<SP=
AN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E=
0pt'=3EChildren do just fine without fathers, is the constant refrain=2E All=
 you need is love, mother love=2E The message is clear - fathers are disposa=
ble=2E Surely this makes taking on the job of the throwaway father a mug's g=
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so-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EConservative columnist Maggie Gallagher, on t=
he Townhall=2Ecom website, recently described a conversation she had with a =
young college student who was raised in a single-mother household=2E They we=
re talking about the debate on same-sex marriage=2E The student was convince=
d kids did just fine in lone-parent or same-sex households=2E 'Kids just acc=
ept whatever their family situation is=2E It doesn't matter,' the student sa=
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f it is beginning to dawn on young men that many people think fathers don't =
matter, if they realise they have a good chance of partnering a woman who se=
es them as irrelevant to raising children, if they are beginning to believe =
themselves that they would be unimportant in the lives of their future child=
ren, why would they want to get on board=3F<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P =
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pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EForty-four per cen=
t of young (18 to 34-year-old) men questioned in the 2003 Australian Social =
Attitudes Survey agreed that 'a single parent can bring up children as well =
as a couple' - compared with about two-thirds (63 per cent) of same-aged wom=
en=2E So two in three young Australian males are likely to partner a woman w=
ho may think she can do just as good a job parenting on her own, and almost =
half these men don't see fathers as essential=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E=
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 males having bought the message that they won't play a critical role in the=
 lives of their future children=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DN=
ormalWeb1 style=3D'MARGIN: auto 0cm'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EMany have yet to discover h=
ow much their kids will matter to them=2E 'Fatherhood is seen by most men as=
 the most salient emotional experience of their lives,' says Adrienne Burges=
s, a former adviser to the Blair Government on fathering=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</=
SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DNormalWeb1 style=3D'MARGIN: auto 0cm'=3E<SPAN style=3D=
'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EIt m=
atters, and it can annihilate men when they experience that intense connecti=
on and then have it taken from them=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=
=3DNormalWeb1 style=3D'MARGIN: auto 0cm'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; F=
ONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EI'll never forget a pai=
nful conversation I once had with a mother who watched her adult son give in=
 to despair when his ex-wife disappeared with his nine-year-old twin sons=2E=
 After spending months trying to track them down, he gave up and killed hims=
elf=2E The mother saw it coming but didn't know how to help=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DNormalWeb1 style=3D'MARGIN: auto 0cm'=3E<SPAN styl=
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All those years she had tried to protect him - bandages on grazed knees, com=
fort when a night-time bogeyman came calling, solace when other children sna=
tched his favourite toy=2E She'd never imagined he could end up in such pain=
=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DNormalWeb1 style=3D'MARGIN: auto=
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size: 12=2E0pt'=3EIt spooks me=2E Having spent many, many hours over the pas=
t decade trying to comfort men who have confronted similar losses, who face =
the indifference of the Family Court to their struggles to remain fathers to=
 their children, I'm nervous for my sons=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P =
class=3DNormalWeb1 style=3D'MARGIN: auto 0cm'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10=
pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EMuch as I would wa=
nt them to one day know the extraordinary joy of being a parent, I fear it i=
s a risky course=2E Fatherhood is like playing with illicit drugs that promi=
se unimagined delight but also the very real possibility of blowing your lif=
e up from under you=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DNormalWeb1 st=
yle=3D'MARGIN: auto 0cm'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verd=
ana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EThe worst thing is they may not be give=
n a choice=2E Men are always at risk of the 'supposed accident', when the wo=
man decides she is ready even if the man is not=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E<=
/P=3E<P class=3DNormalWeb1 style=3D'MARGIN: auto 0cm'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-=
SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EI once wat=
ched a TV chat show where men who had been tricked into paternity - through =
holes in condoms and other dastardly acts - faced a largely hostile female a=
udience=2E The women weren't interested in the emotional and financial fall-=
out for these duped men=2E 'If you don't like it, keep it zipped,' was one w=
oman's response=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DNormalWeb1 style=3D=
'MARGIN: auto 0cm'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; m=
so-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EKeeping it zipped=2E That's too tough an orde=
r - but avoiding fatherhood must be tempting=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E=
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EN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EIn these times of ra=
pid change and global transformation, many in our culture are grasping for a=
 spirituality that is both relevant to our new ways of living and powerful i=
n a world geared for materialism=2E While many women have learned the value =
of connection and support of other women through this quest, many men find t=
hemselves wrestling with questions of identity, morality, and power=97diffic=
ulties which, if not resolved in healthy ways, can cause profound damage to =
individual men, their loved ones, and others around them=2E </SPAN=3E<SPAN l=
ang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-si=
ze: 12=2E0pt'=3E<=3Fxml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D 'urn:schemas-microsoft=
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: justify'=3E<I style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style: normal'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU s=
tyle=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT face=3DVerdan=
a=3EIn this article, Franciscan priest Richard Rohr, who has been leading me=
n=92s retreats around the world for many years, offers his thoughts on how t=
he church=92s rediscovery of rites of passage and initiation could provide a=
 process that helps the boys in our culture grow into spiritually mature men=
=2E Rohr=92s reflections show that men=92s need for such a process may retur=
n them=97and all of us=97to the heart and root of our faith=2E=A0<o:p=3E</o:=
p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</I=3E</P=3E<P style=3D'TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<FONT f=
ace=3DVerdana=3E<I style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style: normal'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-A=
U style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'm=
so-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0</SPAN=3E=97The Editors</SPAN=3E</I=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN=
-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
</SPAN=3E</FONT=3E</P=3E<P style=3D'TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-A=
U style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT face=3DVer=
dana=3EI have been reading and inquiring in different cultures for the last =
five years about the process of 'growing up' boys=2E It seems that it is onl=
y the recent West that has deemed it unnecessary to 'initiate' young men=2E =
Otherwise, culture after culture felt that if the young man were not introdu=
ced to 'the mysteries,' he would not know what to do with his pain and would=
 almost always abuse his power=2E It looks like they were right=2E <o:p=3E</=
o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P style=3D'TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<FONT face=3D=
Verdana=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 1=
2=2E0pt'=3EContemporary phenomena such as the Million Man March, Promise Kee=
pers, and the secular men=92s movement are in their own way trying to addres=
s this vacuum=2E Of all the topics I speak on, the subject of </SPAN=3E<SPAN=
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0pt'=3Emasculine spirituality</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE:=
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le=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3Emale jour=
ney</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size:=
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OR: red; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3Emen=92s rites of passage</SPAN=3E<S=
PAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E =
are the most responded to and the most requested=2E Our churches have their =
revivals and their sacraments of initiation, but one recent study revealed t=
hat 80 percent of active church members are women=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
</FONT=3E</P=3E<P style=3D'TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E<U=3E=
<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=
Men do not appear to be at home in the world of spirituality</SPAN=3E</U=3E<=
SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=
, or at least spirituality as we have defined it in Western churches=2E With=
out trying to be unfair, many of the men who are involved in 'white man=92s =
religion' are considered by others to be either soft, guilt-ridden, not-so-s=
mart, hanging onto mother=92s apron strings, or paying their fire insurance =
bills to a distant god=2E This is not an attractive, meaningful, or world-ch=
anging story line=2E The engaged God that transformed <IMG hspace=3D3 src=3D=
'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Fman-=
running=2Ejpg' align=3Dleft vspace=3D3 border=3D0=3EMoses, Paul, and Martin =
Luther King Jr=2E has to be bigger than this=2E <U=3EInitiation introduces t=
he young man to a larger and male-challenging God</U=3E=2E They might run fr=
om such a God, but at a deeper level they know that this God is also running=
 with them and for them=2E <SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLO=
R: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-ansi-langu=
age: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: ' AR-SA=3F mso-bidi-language: mso-fareast-=
language: Roman=3F; New Times EN-AU; =3FTimes mso-fareast-font-family:=3EIni=
tiation only works when there is a collective spiritual wisdom into which th=
e boy can be introduced and whi<IMG hspace=3D3 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2E=
com=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Frunning%20man%20180=2Ejpg' =
align=3Dright border=3D0=3Ech is agreed upon as rich and valuable by the vas=
t majority of a people=2E In a deconstructing culture, there is nothing to i=
nitiate a young man into except perhaps his private male sensibility=2E This=
 is fine and even necessary, but it does not create a coherent culture or a =
safe and sane civilization=2E For rites of passage, we=92ve moved toward the=
 only collective-agreed-upons we have: sports, education, work, Boy Scouts, =
and war=2E Coaches and drill sergeants, smoking and driving, money and merit=
 badges, graduation and girlfriends have <SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SI=
ZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; =
mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: ' AR-SA=3F mso-bidi-language=
: mso-fareast-language: Roman=3F; New Times EN-AU; =3FTimes mso-fareast-font=
-family:=3Ebecome our only mentors and rites of passage=2E They all have som=
ething to teach us, but no one is there to say '</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU =
style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-si=
ze: 12=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: ' AR-SA=3F mso=
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o-fareast-font-family:=3Eyou must hear God in <SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FO=
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oul is at stake here=2E' That is the power of the 'liminal' and transformati=
ve space called initiation=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P style=3D'TEXT=
-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-fon=
t-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT color=3D#000000=3ELife will eventually initiate yo=
u anyway, but it might be too late or you might not comprehend the </FONT=3E=
</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; mso-bidi-f=
ont-size: 12=2E0pt'=3Esacred significance</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D=
'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT color=3D#000000=3E o=
f things while they are happening=2E Without initiation it is a disenchanted=
 universe=2E All we can do is calculate and control because no one else is i=
n control, at least no one we have met or can trust=2E An uninitiated man li=
ves in an isolated body and a disconnected world=2E He must take personal re=
sponsibility for creating all the patterns and making all the connections=97=
if there are any=2E It is an unwhole, incoherent, and finally unsafe world=2E=
 No wonder the typical young man in our non-mythic culture spends so much ti=
me posturing, climbing, and overcompensating=2E In his heart he knows it is =
all not true=97and therefore not sacred=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P style=3D'TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E(to be continued)</P=3E<P style=3D'=
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nt-family: ' AR-SA=3F mso-bidi-language: mso-fareast-language: Roman=3F; New=
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/EM=3E</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FO=
NT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; =
mso-bidi-font-family: ' AR-SA=3F mso-bidi-language: mso-fareast-language: Ro=
man=3F; New Times EN-AU; =3FTimes mso-fareast-font-family:=3Ea<I style=3D'ms=
o-bidi-font-style: normal'=3E </I=3ESojourners<I style=3D'mso-bidi-font-styl=
e: normal'=3E contributing editor, is founder of the Center for Action & Con=
templation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which sponsors rites-of-passage retre=
ats for men and for women=2E The seeds of this material can be found in his =
books</I=3E The Wild Man=92s Journey <I style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style: normal=
'=3E(St=2E Anthony Messenger Press, 1992) and</I=3E The Quest for the Grail =
<I style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style: normal'=3E(Crossroad, 1994)=2E He is workin=
g on a book on the patterns of male initiation=2E</I=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</S=
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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=3D13 bgcolo=
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/tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D25 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' background=3D'ht=
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elvetica, sans-serif' color=3Dblack=3E<br=3E<a name=3D'anchor7'=3E</a=3E<b=3E=
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br=3E<div=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5F=
images/fathers=5Fissue90-17th May, 2004=5Fpressure=2Egif' align=3Dleft=3E</d=
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r=3Ddeeppink=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT color=3Dbrown=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=
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mal'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS'=3E<FONT color=3Ddar=
kslateblue size=3D4=3EAn ounce of loving role modelling </FONT=3E</FONT=3E</=
SPAN=3E</B=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-A=
LIGN: center' align=3Dcenter=3E<B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'=3E<=
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lor=3Ddarkslateblue=3Eis worth a pound of parental pressure<=3Fxml:namespace=
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o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</B=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal s=
tyle=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 216pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center' al=
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e=3D4=3E<FONT color=3Ddarkslateblue=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</=
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T-ALIGN: center' align=3Dcenter=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic S=
ans MS' color=3Ddarkslateblue size=3D4=3EV=2E Gilbert Beers</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center'=
 align=3Dcenter=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E=
<br=3E<br=3E<div align=3Dright=3E<font size=3D2=3E<a href=3D'#top'=3EBack to=
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/tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D13 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' nowrap=3E<img sr=
c=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/templates/fathers/template=
1/Generic/banner=2Ejpg' width=3D595=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 he=
ight=3D25 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' background=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/e=
mail=5Fblast/templates/fathers/template1/Generic/fade=2Egif'=3E<blockquote=3E=
<p=3E<font size=3D3 face=3D'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif' color=3Db=
lack=3E<br=3E<a name=3D'anchor8'=3E</a=3E<b=3ENews & Info</b=3E</font=3E<fon=
t face=3D'verdana' size=3D2=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Ebo=
sweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Fissue89-10th May, 20=
04=5Fnews baby=2Ejpg' align=3Dleft=3E</div=3E <FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3E=
<P=3EIt is a humbling experience to witnes the difficulties some parents go =
through with their childrens illnesses=2ERead this story about Kyle:</P=3E<P=
=3E'AFTER beating a deadly disease, foot amputation and a stroke, 22-month-o=
ld Kyle Haslam now has some exciting news=2E'</P=3E<P=3E<A href=3D'http://ww=
w=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/rr=2Easp=3Fs=3D2231&v=3D55&c=3D21&u=3Dht=
tp://www=2Enews=2Ecom=2Eau/common/story=5Fpage/0,4057,9529051%255E31317,00=2E=
html'=3Ehttp://www=2Enews=2Ecom=2Eau/common/story=5Fpage/0,4057,9529051%255E=
31317,00=2Ehtml</A=3E</P=3E<P=3E=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F</P=3E<P=3E<BR=3E<SPAN cl=
ass=3Dblackheading=3E<STRONG=3E<FONT size=3D4=3EWould-be mum is also dad</FO=
NT=3E</STRONG=3E</SPAN=3E<BR=3EIt is hard to understand the mess the world i=
s in and the confusion caused to children=2E</P=3E<P=3E<A href=3D'http://www=
=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/rr=2Easp=3Fs=3D2231&v=3D55&c=3D21&u=3Dhtt=
p://www=2Enews=2Ecom=2Eau/common/story=5Fpage/0,4057,9524937%255E13762,00=2E=
html'=3Ehttp://www=2Enews=2Ecom=2Eau/common/story=5Fpage/0,4057,9524937%255E=
13762,00=2Ehtml</A=3E</P=3E<P=3E=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
=5F=5F=5F=5F=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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mediumblue size=3D3=3ESon saves dad<IMG hspace=3D3 src=3D'http://www=2Eboswe=
b=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Fdad-son%20saved=2Ejpg' =
align=3Dright vspace=3D3 border=3D0=3E</FONT=3E</STRONG=3E</P=3E<P class=3Di=
ntro style=3D'FONT-WEIGHT: bold'=3ETHE seven-year-old hero who saved his fat=
her after a quad-bike smash in the bush opened his eyes in inten- sive care =
yesterday and asked: 'Where's dad=3F'</P=3E<P class=3Dintro style=3D'FONT-WE=
IGHT: bold'=3E=A0</P=3E<P class=3Dintro style=3D'FONT-WEIGHT: bold'=3E<A hre=
f=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/rr=2Easp=3Fs=3D2231&v=3D55=
&c=3D21&u=3Dhttp://dailytelegraph=2Enews=2Ecom=2Eau/story=2Ejsp=3Fsectionid=3D=
1258&storyid=3D1319263'=3E<FONT color=3Dplum=3Ehttp://dailytelegraph=2Enews=2E=
com=2Eau/story=2Ejsp=3Fsectionid=3D1258&storyid=3D1319263</FONT=3E</A=3E</P=3E=
<P class=3Dintro style=3D'FONT-WEIGHT: bold'=3E<FONT color=3Dplum=3E=5F=5F=5F=
=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F<BR=3E<FONT size=
=3D2=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT color=3Dblack=3EI am preparing a range of Father Fri=
endly products that I wish to </FONT=3E<FONT color=3Dblack=3Edistribute via =
as many Father friendly channels as possible=2E Initially</FONT=3E<FONT colo=
r=3Dblack=3E=A0these will be stickers that promote Fatherhood=2E <BR=3EThe f=
irst product is a circular 'Father Friendly Zone' sticker that features a si=
lhouette of a father with two children=2E Below the children the captions st=
ates Kids need Dads too'=2E I now have 2,000 of these to distribute=2E<BR=3E=
I am selling them in packets of 10 for $6 (+ postage)=2E $2 of this goes to =
DIDs=2E</FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT color=3Dblack=3E=A0To order them email me a=
t : </FONT=3E<A href=3D'mailto:tdolling@csqtc=2Eqld=2Eedu=2Eau'=3E<FONT colo=
r=3Dblueviolet=3Etdolling@csqtc=2Eqld=2Eedu=2Eau</FONT=3E</A=3E</P=3E<P=3E<F=
ONT color=3Dblack=3EThis is a not-for-profit initiative as I intend to pass =
profits<IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/c=
lient=5Fimages/fathers=5Ffather%20friendly=C9e%20sticker%202%20125=2Ejpg' al=
ign=3Dright border=3D0=3E onto DIDs, an organisations that target adult men =
at risk of suicide as a result of parental separation=2E</FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E=
<FONT color=3Dblack=3ECould you please let me know any contacts that may be =
interested in advertising these stickers=3F</FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT color=3D=
black=3ERegards<BR=3ETerry Dolling</FONT=3E</P=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E=
<br=3E<br=3E<div align=3Dright=3E<font size=3D2=3E<a href=3D'#top'=3EBack to=
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/tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D13 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' nowrap=3E<img sr=
c=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/templates/fathers/template=
1/Generic/banner=2Ejpg' width=3D595=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 he=
ight=3D25 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' background=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/e=
mail=5Fblast/templates/fathers/template1/Generic/fade=2Egif'=3E<blockquote=3E=
<p=3E<font size=3D3 face=3D'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif' color=3Db=
lack=3E<br=3E<a name=3D'anchor9'=3E</a=3E<b=3EDad's Prayer</b=3E</font=3E<fo=
nt face=3D'verdana' size=3D2=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Eb=
osweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Fissue90-17th May, 2=
004=5Ftightrope=2Ejpg' align=3Dleft=3E</div=3E <FONT size=3D4=3E<FONT size=3D=
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g=3DEN-AU=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<=
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-AU=3E<FONT color=3Dforestgreen=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm =
0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center' align=3Dcenter=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT fac=
e=3D'Comic Sans MS' color=3Dmediumvioletred size=3D5=3E<STRONG=3EDear God</S=
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m 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center' align=3Dcenter=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3D=
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=A0<=3Fxml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:o=
ffice' /=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</STRONG=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=
=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center' al=
ign=3Dcenter=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS' color=3Dmed=
iumvioletred size=3D5=3E<STRONG=3ETeach me how to be loving <U=3Eand</U=3E f=
irm,</STRONG=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN:=
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T face=3D'Comic Sans MS' color=3Dmediumvioletred size=3D5=3E<STRONG=3Estrong=
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'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center' align=3Dcenter=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-A=
U=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS' color=3Dmediumvioletred size=3D5=3E<STRONG=3E=
speaking the truth, but acting in love,</STRONG=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=
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center=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS' color=3Dmediumvio=
letred size=3D5=3E<STRONG=3Erelaxed but purposeful,</STRONG=3E</FONT=3E</SPA=
N=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: cen=
ter' align=3Dcenter=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS' colo=
r=3Dmediumvioletred size=3D5=3E<STRONG=3Ekind but not fooled=2E</STRONG=3E</=
FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEX=
T-ALIGN: center' align=3Dcenter=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic S=
ans MS' color=3Dmediumvioletred size=3D5=3E<STRONG=3EIt seems that the harde=
st thing</STRONG=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MAR=
GIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center' align=3Dcenter=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E=
<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS' color=3Dmediumvioletred size=3D5=3E<STRONG=3Eis=
 just to keep my balance=2E</STRONG=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMso=
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PAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS' color=3Dmediumvioletred size=
=3D5=3E<STRONG=3ELord, I need lessons in tightrope walking!</STRONG=3E</FONT=
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/SPAN=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E=
</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</SP=
AN=3E</SPAN=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</blockqu=
ote=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D13 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' no=
wrap=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/templates/fa=
thers/template1/Generic/banner=2Ejpg' width=3D595=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td =
width=3D578 height=3D25 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' background=3D'http://www=2Eboswe=
b=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/templates/fathers/template1/Generic/fade=2Egif'=3E=
<blockquote=3E<p=3E<font size=3D3 face=3D'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-se=
rif' color=3Dblack=3E<br=3E<a name=3D'anchor10'=3E</a=3E<b=3EMission Stateme=
nt & Help Us!</b=3E</font=3E<font face=3D'verdana' size=3D2=3E<br=3E<br=3E<d=
iv=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimage=
s/fathers=5Fissue6 - 7th Oct,2002=5Ffathers=5Fissue1=5FsmallFFLogo=2Ejpg' al=
ign=3Dleft=3E</div=3E <FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D4=3E<STRONG=3EMission Stat=
ement</STRONG=3E</FONT=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EThe Fatherhood=
 Foundation is a charitable, non profit incorporated association with a goal=
 to inspire men to a greater level of excellence as fathers, by encouraging =
and educating them, thereby renewing and empowering families=2E</FONT=3E<FON=
T face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3E<BR=3E<BR=3E<A href=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=
=2Eau/email=5Fblast/rr=2Easp=3Fs=3D2231&v=3D55&c=3D21&u=3Dhttp://www=2Eaushe=
art=2Ecom=2Eau/fathers/about/index=2Ehtml'=3EClick here for more information=
 about us</A=3E </FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT size=3D5=3E<STRONG=3EHelp Us!</STR=
ONG=3E</FONT=3E</P=3E<DIV=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EThe Fatherhood F=
oundation believes that the key to life is giving=2E=A0 That's why this news=
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