Dance dads choose well

Ok, so maybe you have a child that dances around the living room as soon as they hear music on the TV. Perhaps your little girl or boy always dances down the street instead of walks. Or your boy just can’t sit still and has discovered he can spin on … [Continue reading]

The Super Dad’s guide to a healthy kids birthday party

              Kids birthday parties can sometimes end with belly aches, nausea and sugar lows that are not much fun for anyone involved. Try to avoid sending home the neighborhood children with … [Continue reading]

Developing our kids self esteem

Healthy self-esteem is like a child's armor against the challenges of the world. Kids who know their strengths and weaknesses and feel good about themselves seem to have an easier time handling conflicts and resisting negative pressures. They tend to … [Continue reading]

Protecting our kids from social media hackers

The hacking of mass accounts on a social network is something that seems to be happening a great deal recently, with LinkedIn being the latest victim, after having 6.5m of its users passwords stolen. Prior to LinkedIn, Twitter suffered a similar … [Continue reading]

Things I wish I had of known earlier

Sometimes it seems like the whole purpose of life is just to learn and grow. We learn from our mistakes. I reckon that most of us do not learn unless we have made some mistakes and have suffered its consequences. I also believe that the majority … [Continue reading]

Top family road trips in Australia

Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous words, "Life is a journey, not a destination," still inspire today. The journey is the destination, or rather, it's not the destination but the journey that matters most... For road trippers, the journey is just as … [Continue reading]

A Christmas message from Victorian Counselling and Psychological Services

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 … [Continue reading]

The unchallengeable power of love.

I was sitting there on the sand facing the ocean. She was sitting in front of me, with her back against my chest. My arms around her, holding her close to me, I was touching her face. Her hair fluttered around in the wind that was caressing us … [Continue reading]

Steady as you go

new way of looking after your children

When you are going through a separation you are obviously going to be concerned about the effect that it has on your children. Everyone's lives have suddenly been turned upside down and everything that we are used to is changing.  It can be a very … [Continue reading]

Practical steps to take when separating.

Rarely is anyone ever prepared for the end of a marriage or a long term defacto relationship. This is almost as true for the partner that initiates separation, as it is for the partner being left. Separation and divorce create a challenging time for … [Continue reading]

Getting, changing or updating your Will

changing or updating your will

Circumstances can change. We can't assume the present needs of our children will be their future needs, you may not own the same assets in one year that you own in another, you might remarry, separate, divorce or anything. There are lots of … [Continue reading]

To change or not to change….. that is the question

As we know the norm has been that when children are born they take on the fathers surname.  After divorce, women sometimes  change their name back to their maiden name or if they remarry, may change their surname to their new partners surname. If  … [Continue reading]