New daddies get a helping hand

Fantastic!! Great to see Fathers being acknowledged! This can only be a positive for the Families in our nation!

Acknowledging fathers: a long slow road. When we had our first child, back in 1975, I had to ask permission to be at the birth - yup, here in NZ. The fact that it's taken another 33 years for a magazine for fathers to appear hardly surprises me.

That is, we look forward to seeing anyone, next Monday 11th August, meeting 7-9pm, Onehunga Community Centre, Cheers.

Hi Guys, Very good to see this news item, but one minor correction, our Father and Child New Babies Edition magazine will be in Bounty Packs in Auckland and Northland, as well as Wellington and Christchurch.

The best summary is at http://www.fatherandchild.net.nz/projects/newbabiesedition.html

If you are having your first baby and would like a copy, email brendon@fatherandchild.net.nz asap and we'll send you one, plus there may be a few copies available at the next Auckland Father and Child Trust meeting, 11 August 7-9pm at the Onehunga Community Centre, 83 Church St, next to the Library.

Our group supports all Auckland fathers, all issues and stories, especially in their relationships with their children.

We help to support teenage fathers, at home dads and single Dads, plus we help host a Dad friendly, toddler???s 'Jingle and Jive' music session on Mondays, 11am also at the Onehunga Community Centre.

We are keen to hear your stories, news or events, we look forward to seeing a few new faces on Monday night. Hope you can make it!

Cheers, Brendon Smith Auckland Coordinator Father and Child Trust 09 525 1690 021 892 980

Dear Auckland Parents,

Auckland is now covered by Brendan Smith,link below.

http://www.fatherandchild.net.nz/auckland/

also contains archives of articles from the Father and Child magazine

E copy of the special edition Dads and Babies, link below.

http://www.fatherandchild.net.nz/projects/Dads%20and%20Babies.pdf

Kind Regards

Paul Catton East Auckland Refuge for Men and Families (09)271 3020

I think its a great idea too.

Maybe they should be obtainable to parents in other parts of the country too by calling an 0800 # or something?

:)

About time someone got out there and did something for the Dad's.

Hopefully it will be available in all regions of New Zealand in the near future. Dad's play such a huge part in the birth of a new baby and sadly yes they do get sidelined, hopefully this will make them feel that more involved and attached to the process. I also believe there needs to be more support and awareness of depression in new Fathers too as this is overlooked terribly.

It's not only the mother going through the transition of birth and new additions, Dad's do suffer too, and unfortunately it does not occur to a lot of people that they are suffering.

Anyway Good luck with this magazine

Well overdue and an area where we lack much support including young dads.

I recently took a six-month break to be a home-dad to my 3 year old and what did I discover. It's a mum's world out there folks. I was outnumbered by 40-1 sometimes. My daughter was distraught that she was the only child missing a mother.

saying that I just wished other dads could enjoy time off, even if it was the odd lunchtime to have time with their babies.

I think this is a awesome idea... But like post #1 said, what about us in Auckland? I am about to become a Dad and I would like to have one of these packs but I won't be getting one because it is not in Auckland which I think is very strange not to have this in Auckland as well...

I'm amused by Mr Pettit's statement that information about nappies isn't meant for fathers! Slip of the tongue, I hope.