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When co-parenting feels like war, "just cooperate" isn't enough. Here's how to break the cycle, protect your kids, and play the long game after divorce — even if she never changes.
Sabotaging Behaviour Within Child Protection Systems
How subtle, calculated interference within child protection systems undermines families, erodes trust, and strips parents of their rights — and what must change.
My Father Always Said…
My father had a sense of humour as well as a sense of wisdom.
My Father
My father knew what was worth having and provided us with an ideal lifestyle. Our old weatherboard house was no showplace, but it was full of contentment, laughter and security.
Is the Removal of Children from Parents Politically Motivated?
The removal of children is not a neutral act. It is shaped by political ideology, inequality, and unchecked state power — demanding urgent scrutiny and systemic reform.
Parents Without Hope – Their Children Taken
When a society removes children from their parents, it must confront a question that goes beyond policy, beyond procedure, beyond bureaucratic justification: What kind of country are we becoming if we allow hope itself to be taken from those who have already lost the most?
Surviving Separation
A book review of "Surviving Separation: Understanding Family Law Without Confusion" (released in January 2025) by Graham McFarland. This is a practical, Australia-focused guide that aims to turn confusion into a step-by-step roadmap.
Dad Bashing
In contemporary Australian society, fathers are increasingly depicted as insignificant or inherently flawed within family life. This cultural trend, often described as 'dad bashing', reflects a broader pattern of diminishing the value of fatherhood.
Systematic Training for Effective Parenting
STEP stands for Systematic Training for Effective Parenting. Basically, it is a method to provide guidance and discipline to a child – and it works. It works for infants, and it works for teenagers.
Criminal Malice
The law must not be a passive observer of institutional harm; it must be an active guardian of justice. Malicious prosecution, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and other tortuous wrongs must be met with civil remedies and, where appropriate, criminal sanctions.
