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Why Are There No Boys Named Sue?

April 26, 2013 in Body Image, Celebrity, Children, Entertainment, Gender, Parenting, Pregnancy & Birth, Society

In the last few years it’s become acceptable and even cool to give kids gender neutral names. That’s hardly news. However with this trend, I’m seeing a lot of girls with traditionally ‘male’ names, and very few boys with traditionally ‘female’ names. As a teacher I’ve seen some pretty out there names and interpretations of names. Calling the roll for the first time with a new class can be tricky: Me: “Elliot? Is Elliot here? Has anyone seen him?” Student: “ Um, Elliot is a GIRL, Miss!” (Rolls eyes at my apparent stupidity) Me: “Oh. Has anyone seen HER?” I’ve [...]

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Motherhood and Unrealistic Expectations (A Response)

April 8, 2013 in Children, Fathers, Mothers, Parenting, Pregnancy & Birth

This is my response to Tamsin’s post on Unrealistic Expectations on Parenting Central I’ll start by openly admitting before I had children I had no idea what I was in for. I joke about how dumb I was, or how naive or how crazy some of my ideas and ideals about parenting were. But I do still have a lot of empathy for that old me (or rather, that young me). I had some pretty strong beliefs about how I would raise my babies. I intended that my babies would go on to a routine from birth, I would do controlled [...]

Tags: attachment parenting, birth, breastfeeding, Children, expectations, fathers, mother knows best, mothers, mothers intuition, Parenting, pregnancy, pregnancy & birth, raising children, raising kids, traumatic birth, unrealistic expectations
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Double Standards A-Plenty

February 12, 2013 in Children, Fathers, Gender, Marriage, Mothers, People, Sex

It amazes me that in this day and age, double standards are still such an issue. With things like Gay rights, and Women’s rights, and equality being fought for the world over, there are still some unbeliveable double standards, which are completely mind boggling! Men are Studs, Women are Sluts This one really rubs me up the wrong way. Basically, men can sleep with whoever they want, and they are considered studs, whereas women get categorised as sluts. So to even up the score, I’ve taken to calling one of my guys a man whore. It’s only fair. Men and [...]

Tags: abuse, Children, double standards, emotional abuse, fathers, gender, Marriage, men, mothers, People, race, Religion, sex, women
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What’s Really Holding Women Back in the Workplace?

November 14, 2012 in Children, Fathers, Gender, Health, Lifestyle, Mothers, Parenting, Pregnancy & Birth, Work

Monday night I attended a forum on What Women Want hosted by Sunday Life. The forum was absolutely incredible and covered so many topics that I walked out of there buzzing, excited and feeling so full of new information that I just wanted to burst. This was probably emphasised by the amazing people I had the opportunity to meet and talk to including Tara Moss, Jane Caro, Emily Maguire and Jessica Rowe to name a few. One particular part of the forum focussed on why women don’t achieve equality in the workplace. People mentioned the obvious reason, being that women often [...]

Tags: career, career focused, Children, fathers, gender, gender divide, gender gap, Health, inequality, Lifestyle, maternity leave, men, mothers, Parenting, paternity leave, pregnancy & birth, women, Work, workplace
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Teenagers and a right to privacy

September 19, 2012 in Children, Entertainment, Fathers, Health, Mental Health, Mothers, Parenting, Society, Technology

Where does parental responsibility end and a teenager’s right to privacy begin? There’s been a lot of talk over the last few years about a parent’s responsibility to monitor their child’s social media use. And fair enough, the Internet is a dangerous place and anything you post on there will be around forever. But I’ve been wondering at what point does your child gain the right to a bit of privacy? I’m sure you, like me, had a diary when you were growing up. Or if it wasn’t a diary, it was a book with a torch under the bedcovers. [...]

Tags: Children, entertainment, fathers, Health, Mental Health, monitoring, mothers, online, Parenting, People, privacy, responsibility, social media, social networking, Society, Technology, teenagers
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Commercial Surrogacy: Australian Parents & Indian Women Lose

September 4, 2012 in Children, Current Affairs, Fathers, Health, Human Rights, Mental Health, Mothers, News, Parenting, Pregnancy & Birth

The commercial surrogacy industry in India is worth 2.5 billion dollars. Each year Australians pay $77K for a commercial surrogacy in India. I’ll be honest with you, commercial surrogacy in India is not a subject that I would usually delve in to. When I buy the newspaper on the weekends I admit that I barely skim the world news and if I’m really being frank sometimes I just flick through the whole thing not giving it a second thought. Why? Well, I believe we have a lot going on in our own back yard at the moment especially when it [...]

Tags: australia, Centre for Social Research, Children, commercial surrogacy, current affairs, donor egg, exploitation, fathers, Health, human rights, India, indian surrogacy, infertility, Mental Health, money, mothers, New Delhi, news, Parenting, poverty, pregnancy & birth, Sam Everingham, sun herald, Surrogacy Centre India (SCI)
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What I Want for Father’s Day

August 30, 2012 in Entertainment, Family, Fathers, Film & TV, Parenting, People, Self

Father’s day is one of those days that tends to bring out a few groans from children everywhere. Is it just me, or is it easier to find things for mum? Dads tend to be a bit harder to find things to buy for and this year I’ve faced my own new horror – not only did I go through the ‘what do I get dad this year?’, but I also face the dreaded ‘So, what do you want for Father’s Day?’. This is only my second Father’s Day, officially as a Dad, and with it has come an extra [...]

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Ownership: Are Buckyballs Responsible for Your Swallowing Them?

August 15, 2012 in Anecdotes, Children, Current Affairs, Fathers, Health, Mothers, News, Parenting, People, Society, Stories

Last Christmas I bought my father a desk toy called Buckyballs. They are a set of powerful magnets that you can link together and build things with them. Both he and I have had a lot of fun playing with them. There are warnings on the packaging saying that they are not suitable for children and are very dangerous if swallowed. Naturally when my much younger cousins came to our house I made sure the Buckyballs were kept well away from them. So I was surprised while watching Channel 7 News that a mother is calling to ban them in [...]

Tags: acceptance, accountability, adulthood, adults, Anecdotes, banned toys, buckyballs, channel 7, Children, consequences, current affairs, darwinism, fathers, guns, hazards, Health, litigation, magnets, mothers, news, owenership, Parenting, People, responsibility, Society, statistically insignificant, stories, stupidity, suing, toys
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Why I Believe In Vaccination

August 6, 2012 in Children, Current Affairs, Fathers, Health, Mothers, News, Parenting

There’s been a lot of talk about vaccinations lately after the Australian Vaccination Network encouraged its members to contact parents who’d lost children to SIDS to see if they could find out whether vaccines ’caused’ the death of the children. I’m not a doctor or a scientist – I can’t tell you what the negatives of vaccination are or whether or not it causes SIDS or autism or peanut allergies. I can only go by what I read in the media and what I can gather from talking to those I know who do work in the medical industry. I’m [...]

Tags: anti-vaccination, australian vaccination network, babies, breathing, current affairs, death, doctors, fathers, Health, illness, medicine, mothers, news, Parenting, pharmacy, science, sickness, sids, vaccination, whooping cough
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How My Brother’s Death Made Me Want To Volunteer

July 24, 2012 in Children, Fathers, Health, Mental Health, Mothers, Parenting, People, Self, Society, Stories

At the beginning of this year I had a small goal that I wanted to achieve. When I say small, I mean big and when I say achieve, I mean just get off my butt and do something. I’ve wanted to volunteer for sometime but I was unsure what I could do and how I could use my skills to help others less fortunate. This post isn’t to get a pat on the back or even to inspire you – I just want to tell it because it means a great deal to me. So where do I start? The [...]

Tags: allowah, Anecdotes, autism, brother, chaplain, Children, children's hospital, death, disability, Family, fathers, ghosts, Health, Mental Health, michael russo, mothers, Parenting, People, self, siblings, sister, Society, spinabifida, stories, volunteering
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