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[Dads4Kids @Dads_For_Kids]

One of the hardest conversations to have as a couple, is one about our sex life. Yet lovemaking is central to marriage, and this subject is crucial to the flourishing of our relationship.

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[Dads4Kids @Dads_For_Kids]

Can DCJ caseworkers avoid accountability by claiming they are “just following policies”? This article argues that discretion, legal responsibility, and ethical obligations cannot be outsourced.

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[Dads4Kids @Dads_For_Kids]

Men’s health is facing a growing crisis, from higher suicide rates to declining life expectancy. This Men’s Health Month, it’s time to confront the neglect and demand balance. @LisaBritton

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[Dads4Kids @Dads_For_Kids]

"The Federal Council of the Liberal Party has passed my motion on uplifting men and boys. This is one of my proudest moments in a dozen years of publicly advocating for males." @DavidMaywald

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[David Maywald @DavidMaywald]

Thank you to the News Corporation papers for shining a national spotlight on what it’s like being a boy in Australia in 2026.

The article on raising boys contains a striking and troubling observation: some parents are already fearful of what their baby boys might become, influenced by a culture saturated with negative messages about men and masculinity. One mother reportedly asked “How do I stop my son from becoming a monster?”

But boys aren't problems to be solved. They are precious children to be loved, guided, challenged and believed in...

Most boys will grow into decent, caring, responsible men. They will become fathers, husbands, brothers, friends, volunteers, workers, leaders and protectors. They will build homes, businesses, communities and futures. They deserve to grow up knowing that their strengths are valued and that their potential is enormous.

The answer isn't to raise boys from a place of fear. As parenting educator Genevieve Muir observes, what boys need is love, not suspicion or anxiety. Boys need strong boundaries, positive role models, encouragement, purpose, responsibility, belonging and opportunities to contribute.

At a time when many boys are struggling in education, mental health and social connection, the most powerful message we can give them is simple:

We believe in you.

We believe your energy is an asset. We believe your masculinity is a force for good. We believe you are capable of courage, kindness, self-discipline and service. And we believe Australia will be stronger when boys and young men are thriving alongside girls and young women.

Every great man was once a little boy who needed someone to see the good in him, before he could see it in himself.

Let's make sure today's boys hear that message loud and clear.

#BoysMatter #RaisingBoys #Masculinity #SupportingBoys #FutureMen #SocialCohesion

[Dads4Kids @Dads_For_Kids]

Men and boys have been supported by the Federal Council of the Liberal Party. The pieces are falling into place for policy improvements and tangible advances, but we need strength in numbers.

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[Dads4Kids @Dads_For_Kids]

Men’s health is facing a growing crisis, from higher suicide rates to declining life expectancy. This Men’s Health Month, it’s time to confront the neglect and demand balance.

Read more: https://t.co/ryRb9GQs5T

[Celebrating Masculinity @CelebrateMales]

Thank you to the News Corporation papers and journalists Darcy Fitzgerald, Susie O'Brien, Lauren Novak, and Will Paige for publishing a three-part series of articles on what it’s like being an Aussie boy in 2026, starting today with educating boys...

For too long, the struggles of boys and young men have been minimised, caricatured, or simply ignored. So it matters when major national media outlets take a serious look at the realities facing boys across education, parenting, culture, and online life.

The data are confronting. Boys lag girls across most educational indicators, are more likely to be suspended or expelled, more likely to be identified with disability or behavioural issues, more likely to disengage from school, and far less likely to commence university. Yet the simplistic story that boys are somehow “dumber, naughtier or more broken” does not withstand scrutiny.

Importantly, these articles move beyond blame. They explore biological and developmental differences, school culture, teaching approaches, student voices, and practical pathways forward. They ask a crucial question: are we designing educational environments that genuinely work for boys, or expecting boys to conform to systems that often struggle to accommodate how many of them learn, behave, and develop?

The reporting also touches on difficult but necessary debates: the role of ideology in schooling, the changing landscape of single-sex and co-educational education, and what different models may mean for boys’ outcomes and wellbeing.

This conversation is overdue.

Caring about boys does not mean caring less about girls. It means recognising that our sons, brothers, students, nephews, and young men are precious too; and that persistent educational disparities deserve the same seriousness, compassion, and evidence-based response that we would rightly demand for any other group.

Australia needs more honest discussion, better research, male-positive and evidence-based reforms, and a willingness to listen to educators, parents, experts, and to boys themselves...

I look forward to the next two instalments: raising boys and the impact of influencers. If we want healthier, more capable, more grounded young men, then these are conversations our country needs to have.

Boys in crisis: How Australia’s school system can lift up our young men – instead of dragging them down
https://t.co/3HqDGRZggK

Single-sex schooling is in decline as parents and new schools alike go co-ed – but what do their academic results reveal?
https://t.co/xQNtovZrWn

Education system becoming ‘pipeline of indoctrination’, new book warns
https://t.co/vFXBPML0sC

[Dads4Kids @Dads_For_Kids]

Pints and Ponytails events offer fathers a relaxed, low-pressure space where they can learn how to style their daughters' hair while bonding and sharing parenting experiences.

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[Dads4Kids @Dads_For_Kids]

Fatherhood is changing—but are we keeping up? New research reveals a hidden mental health crisis among dads, and why supporting them is good for everyone.

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[Dads4Kids @Dads_For_Kids]

When government agencies control the narrative, truth becomes a casualty. This analysis examines how false light operates as a structural weapon within Australia’s child protection system.

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[Dads4Kids @Dads_For_Kids]

In a world addicted to busyness, true connection — with ourselves, our spouses, and God — demands we slow down, be present, and embrace the gift of unbusy.

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[Dads4Kids @Dads_For_Kids]

Llew O’Brien MP is the Shadow Special Envoy for Men and Boys. He's a man on a mission, and we need thousands more like him.

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[Dads4Kids @Dads_For_Kids]

There’s a difference between a commitment you carry internally and one you say out loud. Your kids can tell. And if you say it consistently, your kids will carry with them something that many people spend their whole lives wishing they had.

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[Dads4Kids @Dads_For_Kids]

As I look back on 75 years of life, I reflect on what has influenced me; what has shaped my life.

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[Dads4Kids @Dads_For_Kids]

More couples are starting out in marriage with financial debt – student loans, mortgages and credit debt. The last thing they need is wedding debt.

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[Celebrating Masculinity @CelebrateMales]

Happy International Boys Day to all of our precious and gorgeous boys: you're awesome and we love you... This is an annual celebration on the 16th of May each year. International Boys Day was created to focus attention on boys’ wellbeing, education, mental health, development, and the challenges that boys face globally.

Boys Day (as it's colloquially known) or International Day of the Boy Child (as it's formally known) was founded by Jerome Teelucksingh from Trinidad and Tobago, with the inaugural observance held on 16 May 2018.

Similar to International Men's Day (which was first observed on 19 November 1999), International Boys Day is not officially recognised by the United Nations, but it is increasingly being marked internationally by an ever-expanding number of groups and non-profits and individuals and businesses and governments.

Check out the website, which has great suggestions for activities to do with the boys in your life, posters to celebrate Boys Day, and a bunch of other resources:

https://t.co/zd4UfQpbAh

[Dads4Kids @Dads_For_Kids]

It should be no secret that boys and men across the world are struggling. These sobering statistics don’t just affect boys and men; they negatively impact whole communities.

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[Dads4Kids @Dads_For_Kids]

As we toast the United Nations for reaching its 80th anniversary, let’s raise a glass to its noble pursuit of global harmony, and then, perhaps, spill a little for the boys and men it seems to have quietly forgotten.

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[Dads4Kids @Dads_For_Kids]

When the state removes a child, families expect protection — not permanent silence. This investigation exposes how NSW’s child protection system has become a machine for irreversible family separation.

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