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“I Drink More Mid Strengths Now” - Young Henrys’ Oscar McMahon
Oscar McMahon is the co-founder of Young Henrys, the independent craft-beer company that kickstarted Sydney’s urban brewing revolution. But he’s also the father to an 18-month-old daughter who, he admits, “has completely thrown my entire values system up in the air”. Here, Newtown’s favourite son e
This Dad Fought Back Against Post-natal Depression: Here’s What He Learnt
One in 10 new dads struggle with depression following the birth of a child. But, on the surface, Stephen Reilly seemed like an unlikely candidate.
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Tim Cahill: “The best piece of advice my dad gave me? ‘You can’t live in a car’."
My dad, Tim Cahill Senior, was a character. He was from London, a Dagenham boy and he liked to have a joke. But discipline was a big thing for him, too.
He would take me and my two brothers to the park and then make us take off our right boots so we could only kick the ball with our left foot. “A gr
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The Loneliness Of The First-time Father
Cliched understatement alert: having kids shakes up your life in a big way. But another thing fatherhood massively disrupts is your social life. Here five men discuss the discombobulating effects of dad-life and the isolation it can bring.
“I had no time for anything except for family and work”
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The New Version Of Fatherhood Demands Courage
It takes balls to be a dad. Literally, of course, in the anatomical sense, but increasingly it demands a certain inner resolve, too.
Rob Sturrock, author of Man Raises Boy, argues that we need to cultivate a new approach to manhood that involves challenging age-old stereotypes of the dad as stoical
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Modern Dads Are Expanding What It Means To Be A Man & The Benefits Are Insane
“I do a lot of counselling work with men,” explains Aladdin Jones, a psychotherapist and community facilitator. “I recently spoke with a guy whose dad was a farmer who used to work flat-out seven days a week. ‘Oh yeah, I remember my dad played with me once,’ he said to me. ‘It was with a tractor at
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What Kind of Dad Does Chris Hemsworth Want To Be Remembered As?
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The Indefensible Position: Why Alcohol-Free Beer (Sometimes) Makes Sense
Look, I know what you’re thinking. Alcohol-free beer is not only pointless it’s Un-Australian. I used to think so too. I mean I’ve gone to the cricket with people I actively despise just to sit with them in the Members stand and avoid drinking that watered-down piss in General Admission.
And yet… th
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Jump-leads For Your Brain: How This Turbo-charged Coffee Changed My Life
We get it. If you’ve got small kids you got hardly any sleep last night (again). Meet your secret weapon: a slurpable form of salvation that fits neatly into a mug. It’s called Beforeyouspeak Coffee and it’s effectively a performance-enhancing drug for your working day.
I’ll admit that when I
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Mick Jagger and Me: The Old Dads’ Club
Thank God for Mick Jagger. Whenever I’m feeling that I made my run too late by starting this fatherhood caper well past my prime, I just catch up with the latest on the procreation habits of my big-lipped, skinny-hipped buddy.
In December 2016, Jagger fathered his eighth child. He was 73 at the time
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School of Rock: 6 Dwayne Johnson Quotes To Dad By
It’s hard to believe that not so long ago, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was perceived by the world as a meathead wrestler. Today, he’s the world’s most bankable movie star, an action-hero with 20-inch biceps and a heart of gold. But he’s also the new dad-hero.
This, after all, is the family-man w
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The No.1 Tactic For Long-distance Dads
At first travelling for work can feel like a glamorous perk. You mop up the frequent flyer points, nab a good night’s sleep in a hotel and (whisper it) also wangle a temporary break from the parenting treadmill. But when you’ve got a young family and you’re away from home a lot, the novelty quickly
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How Having Kids Stopped Shaun Micallef Needing Approval “In A Pathetic Way”
“In the beginning I started out [in comedy] with this insatiable appetite for performing and I was very, very needy,” Micallef says. “I always needed approval, I hungered for it in a pathetic way. Talk to people I worked with early on and they’ll tell you, I was dreadful. Because I came over to Melb
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The 10-Minute Workout: No Time? No Worries!
Celebrity trainer Chief Brabon can help you lose your love-handles fast. That’s good news because the dad-bod phenomenon is real. In fact, one US study found that on average fathers weigh 6kg more than childless men.
That’s no surprise to Chief, one of Australia’s most respected personal train
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Daddy Guilt - What trips dads up most when it comes to family
Sometimes as a dad it can feel like you’re never winning – leaving work at a time that feels too early, but when you get home it feels too late. We all know that mothers are familiar with huge amounts of guilt when they don’t feel like they’re meeting all of life’s demands – is it any di
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