Christmas time and the holiday season can be a challenging period for single fathers. When families are getting together and sharing experiences, those in separated families can experience loneliness and isolation.
It is important to ensure that you have some events scheduled with others who are supportive of your situation. You should plan your schedule in advance to include activities that you can look forward to.
You could create a list of others who are supportive of your situation including single fathers, members of your family, your children and friends. Then take the initiative to invite these people into your life over the holiday period; don’t just wait and hope to be invited by others.
You should also ensure that you have some activities just for yourself, especially if you are having time of from work. Whilst the holiday season can be a well earned break for some, others feel lost and isolated without their work routine.
It is also important to have time with your children and that you plan this in advance with others involved in your child’s care. If you are stuck for ideas, you could look at “Kids” section of the following web site www.au.timeout.com
The new year period is also a good time to check in with yourself regarding your overall emotional health. An excellent place to start is the www.vcps.com.au website where you can download a free e-book – “Your guide to good mental health”.
By Robert Luzza
Psychologist & Director
Victorian Counselling & Psychological Services
Sunday 13th May. For some this may be a stretch, but for others it’s time to think about what your children can give their mum for Mothers Day. It can include, Step Mothers, Grand Mothers, Foster Mothers and even close family friends. Children love giving gifts to their mum and dad. A nice gesture is to find out what they would like to buy their mum and arrange for them to wrap and give on Mothers Day with a hand written card. There are plenty of gift ideas such as:
Calling all Easter Dads, OK it’s time to buy your eggs and continue the tradition of the Easter Egg hunt on good Friday. The egg hunt is a game during which real hard-boiled painted eggs or chocolate eggs (most kids favorite) of various sizes are hidden for children to find, both indoors and outdoors. The child who finds the most usually wins a special prize, whether it is a few of you or just the two of you, have fun finding all the eggs in both easy and hard to find places. Eggs can be purchased practically everywhere but Kmart have a great range of quality chocolate eggs and great prices, 
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