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Father & Child Magazine

New Zealand’s first and only parenting magazine for dads.

What is it like to be a dad in New Zealand today? There is the hard working provider, the househusband, the separated dad, the single father, the stepfather….

  • Father & Child knows that dads aren’t just an optional add-on to the family.
  • Father & Child brings the human face behind fatherhood!
  • Father & Child shows dads in their various roles, their joys and their struggles, their parenting and their problems.

Father & Child: A MUST for every dad who cares!!

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Browse the Father & Child Magazine Archives

  • Issue #43: Winter 2009 Dads, Daughters and Food; The Mother Myth; The New Guy at F&C; Sudden Infant Death; A Vision For Boys.
  • Issue #42: Balancing Act; Reunited Again; Family Values in Politics; Releasing the Woman in Your Daughter; Commission Without Clout?; Opinion: Protecting Fathers.
  • Issue #41: Autumn 2008 The Different Schools; Boys Need Mums; Dating Dads; Power-Napping; Special Needs.
  • Issue #40: Spring 2008 Babies & Movement; 5 Ways to do a Better Job; Young Musicians, Shared Parenting? I Wished; Kids Need Grand-Dad Too; Who’s Looking After the Family?; Taking on Government Departments.
  • Issue #39: Autumn 2007 Importance of Touch; Childcare Revisited: criticism on government policy; Second Family: A single dad of four starts over again; Legal ages.
  • Issue #38: Summer 2007 Motherless children: Single fathers and their girls; Trouble at School: Boys and learning; Taxing Families: How income splitting could save you more tax than either party is promising for the election.
  • Issue #37:Winter/Spring 2007 10 Years Father & Child Trust, Long-distance Travel with Kids, Immigrant Dads
  • Issue #36: Autumn 2007 Male Preschool Teachers, Dave Dobbyn, Politics and Families, Montessori Preschools
  • Issue #35, Summer 2007 Forgiveness, Separation, Fathers of Teen Fathers, IVF
  • Issue #34, Spring 2006 Suicide, Parenting Styles , Beauty Pageants, Fruit Juice, Non-sporty kids
  • Issue #33, Winter 2006 Street Protests of Angry Fathers, Multitasking, Parenting:Discipline, Kayaking with a daughter, Imprisonment
  • Issue #32, Summer 2005/6 Cloth Nappies, Family-friendly cafes, Discrimination, ‘Men After Separation’ review, Re-discovering his children
  • Issue #31, Spring 2005 Pressure on Children, Kids and Alcohol, Diary of a Move
  • Issue #30, Winter 2005 Children and self esteem, Pro’s and con’s of large families, Dads and Playcentre, Magic moments with Dad
  • Issue #29, Autumn 2005 Political parties on fathers and families, Surviving winter, Child abuse in NZ, Dads in advertising
  • Issue #28, Summer 2004/05 Single fathers, Men and employment, Meningitis vaccine, Constructive conflict, Father of three
  • Issue #27, Spring 2004 Separation – dos and don’ts, School holiday activities, Playstation reviews, A fathers near death experience
  • Issue #26, Winter 2004 Fathering in the Marlborough Sounds, Family Tree, Sleep tips for babies, diary of a homebirth
  • Issue #25, Autumn 2004 Legal Parenthood, Naming kids, School Holidays, What Babies Learn from Dad, Male Role Models
  • Issue #24, Summer 2003/04 Fathers in Prison (2), Dads & Girls, Mental Illness, Kids & Swearing, Cartoon Feature, Dads in Drag

(Sorry, we’re still working on getting this list up-to-date)