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What makes fathers so
beneficial and unique for the development of young children?
Groups can book this Father & Child talk for their members or their
staff . See here for more details
(pdf, 0.1 MB)
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Available
quarterly, the Father & Child Magazine is available in selected
bookstores
throughout New Zealand, or make it even easier to get - you can subscribe
and have it mailed directly to your door, your first edition
is free.
Read more about our magazine, or, for access
to articles from previous issues go straight to the archives: Most
back issues are available.
The
magazine is about you - so send us your stories and pictures by mail or
email and tell us which issues you want to read about: editor@fatherandchild.net.nz
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teendads.org.nz
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Under 20 and already a
dad?
Currently under
reconstruction this site will be just for you.
Information, thoughts and
stories from other Dads dealing with issues just like yours
The 'teendad report' Open
and candid interviews with a variety of teen dads. The results may
surprise you.
Read
it here
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A special issue
of Father & Child magazine for new fathers, produced in 2000,
covers birth
stories, feeding, work/family, postnatal depression and much more: click here.
You also find info here if you or
your partner suffer from
postnatal depression.
Issues for midwives and other health
professionals are covered in our 'Dads and Babies' resource. Pdf
version available for download (2.3 MB): click here
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Raising children
is a challenge everyday. Luckily others have gone before and wrote
their experiences and tips down.
Here you find you can browse
articles on an ever increasing range of topics related to parenting.
Search articles by category if
you have a specific fathering issue.
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For the more research and "big
picture"-minded: here's papers we published about our work
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Who are we? Where are we?
Why are we? and When are we?
Find those questions answered
here, and give us feedback.
PROJECTS
An overview of
the projects we run.
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Help us to help dads. Your membership
is important, so subscribe to the magazine and become a member of the
Trust.
More information here.
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EXTERNAL LINKS
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New on popular
request: links to other father haunts on the web.
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News
July
2008
Father
& Child in the Media
News of Father & Child
magazine's free 'New Babies Edition' has been picked up by the
mainstream media. Father & Child Trust coordinator Harald
Breiding-Buss featured on TVNZ's Breakfast show, and Trust Secretary
Donald Pettitt was interviewed for the Press.
Baby magazine Little Treasures runs a four-page article on teenage
fathers in its current issue with extensive input by Trust Teen Dad
Support Worker Jonathan Young.
Newtalk ZB in Dunedin interviewed local dad Graham Dewhirst on his
efforts to start a Father & Child group and the prospect of having
Dunedin included in the distribution of the New Babies Edition.
Links:
TVNZ
Interview Video clip
The Press story
Men's Health Week a Goer in Christchurch
Newly formed Canterbury Mens Centre has
organised a series of events to celebrate Men's Health Week (9 - 15
June) and raise awareness for Men's Health in general, ranging from
workshops for social service providers to better include men to talks
about Maori Men's Health strategies.
Men's Health Weel kicked off with the government announcing $3 million
in funding for men's health - the first ever money made available in NZ
specifically for men's health.
Dads
Bypassed in Breastfeeding Strategy
A
draft strategy produced by the National Breastfeeding Advisory
Committee for the Director-General of Health makes no mention of
fathers.
'Partners' and family are mentioned once as being important in the
decision to breastfeed, but no strategic goals are set to improve
access to breastfeeding information for people other than mothers.
Father & Child
believes the strategy possibly breaches the Guardianship and the Care
of Children Acts, both of which require parents and/or guardians of
children to make decisons jointly in the best interest of the child.
New Parenting Tips Web
Site by Families Commission: www.nzfamilies.org.nz/parenting
Disabled Dad in Auckland?
Researchers are asking for your participation. Email Marta Leete
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