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Pitstop Pete

April 18th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Well Gentlemen and Ladies, I’m back after an enormously busy period. The best thing that’s been occupying my time is competing my Pitstop training, which means I’m now a licensed facilitator of the Pitstop Parenting program for Dads.
Had a sensational time both travelling through the material and mixing with other men (and women!) who are [...]

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Mum’s Night Out 2008

March 28th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s not often we announce events for the lady parents amongst us, but when it’s being put on by Amanda of RealMums, it’s worth letting Melbournites know about it. (Sorry international readers, you can’t go to this, unless you’re willing to jump on a plane. And who knows, it might be worth that! Amanda puts [...]

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Sins of the Fathers (& Mothers!)

March 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments

George Bernard Shaw once wrote:
“We learn from history that we learn nothing from history.”
Studying many families, workplaces and even nations, we can see the truth of this as human beings simply recycle the faults, mistakes and sometimes outright wrongdoing of past generations.
Often I have heard new parents make this commitment: “Now I have kids, I’m not [...]

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Teens and Fitness

March 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Gidday folks. We supported O2 MAX Fitness once before upon their opening of a new gym for teens in the US. Yes, they’re a business and so yes, technically I’m giving free advertising, and no, I’m not getting any kickback or commission for this. When they asked me to promote again, I figured, why not. [...]

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Why I’m Building This Site

February 21st, 2008 · 7 Comments

Get ready for this site to evolve upwards over the next 12 months, dear readers. The more time I spend in this space, the more passionate I become about fatherhood. I’m dialoguing with local government and existing mens’ programs/organisations where I live to introduce some opportunities for men to “workshop” their parenting, to retool for [...]

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New Dad Tips, the final chapter

February 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Well, the last of this short series anyway. I had some notes on helping kids sleep. We didn’t need them with the firstborn, and the ones I had didn’t work with the second.
Today’s search came up with the following links which contains broader and more comprehensive info which seems better than what I had at that time in [...]

Tags: Family · Handy Hints