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Fathering

The following are some useful links to information and ideas supporting Fathering:

The Father & Child Trust: http://fatherandchild.org.nz/

The Father & Child Trust was founded in Christchurch in August 1997 by a group of dads who wanted to bring a male perspective into child-raising, and to address the lack of support for New Zealand fathers.

Dads and Daughters: http://www.thedadman.com/dadsanddaughters

The web's best resources to tap the full power and potential of your own Dad-Daughter relationship, grow cloer to your daughter or stepdaughter - and have a lot of fun together.

Parenting Sites: http://www.100topparentingsites.com/

This is a list of 100 parenting sites.

Parenting Teens: http://www.parentingteens.com/

When it comes to parenting teens today, you can never have too much information and that is exactly what we offer.

The Fatherhood Think-Tank: http://www.fatherhoodinstitute.org/

This is a UK site that concentrates on collating the research on fatherhood, helping shape the government's family policy, influencing the public debate on fathers and training family services to be father-inclusive. Although it is UK based it does have some really useful information.

Parents Centres NZ Inc: http://www.parentscentre.org.nz/

Parents Centres NZ Inc has 51 Centres across the country and provides one of the largest parenting networks and associated infrastructure to support parents and their children aged 0-6.

Daddy's Home:          http://www.daddyshome.com/

Some really good real life articles on how Dad's cope

At Home Dad: http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/athomedad/index.blog

A blog site based in the USA that concentrates on issues that relate to stay at home Dads

Shared Parenting Information Group - UK: http://www.spig.clara.net/

The mission of the organistion is to promote responsible shared parenting after separation and divorce, and to make available information, research and resources to all concerned.

Children's Commissioner: http://www.occ.org.nz/

The vision of the Children's Commissioner is to ensure that the rights of every child and young person in New Zealand are recognised and that each enjoys good health, education, safety, and economic wellbeing

 

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