The Father’s Embrace
The two greatest gifts a child can receive are a mother’s nurture and a father’s embrace. The father is a boy’s first hero and a girl’s first love and the [Read more]
5 ways for dads to bond with their Baby
The best start any dad can give his children in life is to establish a strong bond with them from the very beginning. But the process of bonding with a [Read more]
Dads in Lockdown
Things can get really real when you are stuck in the confines of your home for an extended period with your wife and children. But as the most important man [Read more]
How to build your child’s self esteem
Burning at the core of every child’s heart are some questions that beg to be answered. And the man who needs to answer is their father.Who am I dad? What [Read more]
The Three E’s of Nation Building
Every great nation, without exception, has been built on three foundation stones: Education, Enterprise and Ethics. And every nation that has fallen, without exception, has fallen because they failed in [Read more]
What does an excellent life look like?
An excellent life is within reach of everyone. It's not for the exceptionally talented, or lucky, or rich. It's for you. And it starts with a commitment; a commitment [Read more]
12 steps to authentic fathering
As fathers we will impact our children’s lives deeply and forever, that is a given, the only choice is whether it will be for good or for bad. The great [Read more]
Men have been seduced by a lie
All men have three basic yearnings: purpose, adventure and romance. John Elldredge puts it beautifully in his book Wild at Heart when he writes that every masculine soul needs a battle [Read more]
Dadshares and Death-Ray Glares
My heart sank as I read her Facebook post. Just when I thought I’d dodged this dad shaped bullet her words haul me firmly back into the firing line. [Read more]
What stands between you and excellence?
The quality of our lives is directly proportional to our commitment to excellence. What a statement! We can directly impact the quality of every aspect of our lives simply by [Read more]
#NotInMyName: Five actions every man can take.
No-one who calls himself a man can sit back while our society is ravaged by toxic masculinity. The opposite of masculinity is not femininity, it’s passivity. All it takes for [Read more]
Five Resolutions for Dads.
It’s barely a week into the new year and already so many of the heartfelt resolutions that sounded so good on 1st January are starting to feel a little onerous. [Read more]
War on women
Yet another daughter of our land brutalized at the hands of broken manhood. And another. And another. Another precious daughter, sister, mother, aunt savaged by the scourge of toxic masculinity. [Read more]
The Soul of Sex
“Every man who knocks on the door of a brothel is looking for God.” – G. K. Chesterton It’s astounding how frequently men will risk complete compromise of their values, [Read more]
Raising the Future – Part Two
Our future lies in the hands of our children and in our hands lies the future of our children. It sounds like a riddle but it’s really quite simple; how [Read more]
Side by Side
In South Africa we live in the most unequal society in the world. It hurts, it’s not fair, it’s a reality and we can all do something about it. Here’s [Read more]
How important is paternity leave?
Fathers Matter. The importance of fathers to their children has become more and more evident in the last few decades. Yet sadly more children than ever before are living [Read more]
How well do you know your child?
One of the greatest longings we all have is to be truly seen, truly known. People often fall in love with the first person who really “gets them”, even if [Read more]
What every little boy and girl longs for
Fathers are the most powerful men in their children’s lives. What we do with this incredible privilege will shape their beliefs about themselves and the world and largely determine the [Read more]
12 Keys to an Excellent Life
Who doesn’t want their life to count, to suck the marrow out of life, to live large, to be known as a man or woman who makes the world a [Read more]
Divorce Part 2: Rules of Engagement.
Hands down my greatest challenge as a divorced dad was remaining a deeply engaged father in my children’s lives with a co parent who was no longer my partner, whose [Read more]
Divorce and Children
Telling my children that their mom and I were getting divorced was probably the hardest conversation I have ever had. My son Luke was 11 at the time and my [Read more]