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Just wanted to let you know that there is not much out there - but there are parenting for dads- books, written by dads.. seiously, I got hold of a book by steve biddulph about raising boys - I have a 3 yr old and 4 yr old and am stay at home dad since retrenchmentin early June and I was previously working 24/7 shift (from home) for an I.t. company which is stressful on any young family. As far as tips go - i advise using the "talking clock. ie - 20 mins to bathtime, cleanup toys time, reading book and going to bed time" has worked a treat - and when kids drive you nuts- as they do when they get demanding, count to 10 and then realise they just want to be noticed - so start praising good things, like them just doing things when you ask them to..(getting dressed or putting clothes away or not arguing with siblings during mealtime..- all helps for happy Dads' and not stressed out wives.. Its good to get involved, if your work allows you time to interact with them like.. taking them to the park - just dads and kids - or to learn swimming, or help in the garden or teaching them to ride a bike. - Good site.

Sean Rawson? Where are you Rowdy ?

Just thought you'd like our recent post about Daddys:

Happy Father's Day, Daddy

I love the word, Daddy. It just sounds like someone you would love. Of course, I tend to think about things as if they are chapters from a good southern novel, so a Daddy for me connotes a big, strong, handsome man in uniform in an old black and white Polaroid from 1943. He’s with his Navy buddies on a crowded ship in the middle of the Pacific. They’re off duty, drunk, smoking and playing poker on an overturned bucket from their bunks below deck.

I picture a Daddy tying his little girl’s shoe laces and teaching her how to make the loop go under and through. He is patient and funny. The little girl knows her life parameters from the inside of his embrace. When she looks up at him, she knows his strength. She hears laughter roar from his mouth, then drift down to her level as cool air does from a ceiling fan on a hot day. That’s enough to make anyone smile.

A Daddy to me is someone who is more comfortable and emotionally available with his baby girl child than he could ever be with his wife…just those moments in time where his intimacy is distinctly a Daddy’s, vulnerable and sweeter than a chocolate truffle. His little girl is the prettiest, smartest and toughest prodigy on the planet…and he’d beat up anyone who disagreed.

Daddys smell of fresh aftershave and starch. When they’re dressed up, they look so smart. They seem indestructible and pretty at the same time. To see a Daddy open the door for his daughter, no matter what age, is crushing in its simplicity and gentleness. To watch this couple dance can break the heart. To see a Daddy kiss his baby girl goodbye on her way to college can make you cry in your car as you drive by…a total stranger, brought to your knees with that soft, sweet gesture.

Daddys are protective of their young ladies. You’d better be a better man than her Daddy if you want to marry his daughter. He’ll watch you and if you hurt her, he will act like he could kill you, but he’ll rush to her aid and tell her to forget all about you instead because, “Daddy’s here now.” Daddys buy their girls the best presents when they’re sad. Nothing is too good or costs too much for a Daddy to see her smile again.

And, if a Daddy’s young woman-girl has a baby girl of her own, he’ll melt at the sight of her, swoon at her whimper and gasp when she giggles. He gets to do it all over again, and you’ll have to beg him to leave when it’s way past her bedtime. He’ll begrudgingly go home, and when he sees his own love, the woman who gave him his baby girl and her own girl, he’ll cry in her arms at the excruciating beauty the world can hold. Daddy’s an old softie.

A Daddy is even more handsome when his own skin is old and soft. He still smells of aftershave and starch, but also like a tree who will lose its leaves come Fall. He stands stooped like the tree, but with wisdom that comes from all the seasons of his growth. Daddy’s finally learn how lost their girls would be without them and how rooted they are in the periphery of those lives. They carry a predisposed sadness with them wherever they go, underneath their crooked smiles and inside their clothes…just waiting to go.

I have knowledge that Daddys are all of these things. My women friends tell me stories and I laugh and cry with them. I use their Daddys as my own. My Daddy died before I started school, went to my first dance or drove for the first time. He’s watching me though and smiling down at his baby girl child.

Happy Father’s Day, Daddy.

KK
http://www.themidlifegals.com

I have a novel Rocket Man http://www.billhazelgrove.com just reviewed on Bookdads http://www.bookdads.com/2008/12/rocket-man/
I would also like to link my site. http://www.williamhazelgrove.blogspot.com

Hi Guys,

Great site. Congratulations It is great to see so many comitted fathers in our community.

I founded and assist in the running of the Australian Camp Connect Association
[ www.campconnect.org.au ], a non profit organisation, based here in Victoria that has been running programs for fathers and their children since 2003.

Our mission is to:
1. Conduct life impacting programs for fathers and their children through the use of education, support and activities & .
2. To provide information and assistance to professionals who provide services to fathers and their children.

I am more than happy to promote your site on our website in our resources for dads section as well as in an upcoming eNewsletter.

If any of you want to spend a special weekend of learing, sharing and connecting with your kids considering coming along to our Fathers Day Weekend Dads & Kids Camp. Details will be appearing on our website soon.

Keep up the good work.

Brad Mander
Australian Camp Connect Assoc.
w : www.campconnect.org.au
e : mailtoinfo@campconnect.org.au
p / f : 03 9779 6909
m : 0413 587 120

I seem to be having a really hard time with my x wife.
she is the custodial parent and has made it impossible for me to have a relationship with my children,unless i give into her demands....go back to her.
we have been married 20yrs and divorced 6yrs and have no intention of being with her as a couple ever again.
I want her to let me be the loving dad i have always been to my 6 children
god i miss them.
SHE DOES HER BEST TO KEEP THEM OUT OF MY LIFE AND I HAVE HAD ENOUGH......
I AM AT A BREAKING POINT AND IT MAY GET DANGEROUS!!!!!!!!!
SOMEBODY HELP ME PLEASE.....
A LONELY FATHER IN NEED ...........

I'm just having my first look at the dadsquad site having found the link from the 'Raising Children Network' site. The intented purpose of the site is great. I'm looking forward to being get together with other dads through the site, even though membership is low at the moment, so I have registered. It may not happen overnight but it will happen! No worries. I'm in Glen Iris so come on all you inner SE dads, let's get it happening! Cheers.

Hey this is a great site, as you may tell from my name I'm not a dad but - of course, my partner is and I'm always keen to meet dads.
Especially the teen dads, since I rarely meet them but I know they exist!
It's great to see support for the father, it seems sometimes they're forgotten in the "support/info" range of parenting.
After all, it does indeed take two to tango.

kisskisS_aaliyah@yahoo.com.au = Are there any Kiwi's here?

I like this site great job, Of a father of two here's my link-Children stories

http://home.comcast.net/~william.sawyers/

For the age's of 5 on up-Have fun and read too your children....

I think your site is great! I have passed your site details onto quite a few of my friends planning on having kids or are already in the process of having them. Not sure if you're able to help with this one, but when I went to send this email it showed a name that i'm sure i know. Sean Rawson? Not sure if it is the same person or not but if there's any chance you can pass on this email addy it would be appreciated. Keep up the good work..
jeanery@bigpond.com

As a seperated sinlge father of 3 young children, I very much like the idea of your site and think it would be a great resource for single dads to ctach up etc. Although I am having great trouble in registering on the site.