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At 51, I thought I was done with children. Life disagreed
Opinion
Parenting

At 51, I thought I was done with children. Life disagreed

On hearing the news, and factoring in my 12- and 14-year-olds, I spiralled through several dark nights of the soul. I’d be 70 by the time kid No. 3 could drive.

  • by Mic Looby

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  • by Sarah Berry
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Putting one’s stamp on fatherhood
Opinion
Column 8

Putting one’s stamp on fatherhood

Dad always kept things civil.

The September 1 Edition
Magazine
Sunday Life

The September 1 Edition

New dad and former MAFS star Michael Brunelli talks about surviving the first year of parenthood, and why fathers should be making mental health a priority.

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If you loved me, you wouldn’t leave me, Dad said. But I had no choice
Opinion
Family

If you loved me, you wouldn’t leave me, Dad said. But I had no choice

My father and I did not talk of love or grief. But I did not doubt I was loved by this gentle, funny, intelligent man.

  • by Neil Orford
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Prince William is a ‘dad’ but Harry is a ‘daddy’. How can you tell?

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  • by Damien Woolnough
‘A lot of dads bottle things up’: Michael Brunelli on first-time fatherhood

‘A lot of dads bottle things up’: Michael Brunelli on first-time fatherhood

The new dad and former MAFS star talks about surviving the first year of parenthood, and why fathers should be making mental health a priority.

  • by Lorna Gray

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