First-Time Father: The essential guide for the new dad

For many men, the birth of their first child is a truly life-changing event. First-Time Father: The essential guide for the new dad provides fathers with the answers and options to enable them to design a rewarding and effective fatherhood journey.

It seems that what new fathers are wanting has continued to change over the last five years. In this revised edition of First-ime Father, the authors Dr Graeme Russell and Tony White (who both work extensively with new fathers) show that contemporary men want to:

• have a strong and enduring relationship with their children;
• be actively involved in the day-to-day care of their children;
• share the parenting and paid work equally with their partner;
• take extended leave from paid work to be the primary caregiver for a period of time; and
• reduce their hours of work (for example, to part-time) to behighly involved in caring for their child.

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The Blokes' Book

The Blokes' Book is a directory of services available to men across a broad range of health and wellbeing areas including crisis services, relationships, fathering, eating right, being active, weight control, alcohol and drug use, preventable diseases, suicide prevention, legal and financial support, etc. It also encourages men to be proactive in taking control over their physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing. Download Ver 1.0 here as pdf (2Mb) 10,000 hard copies are also being distributed throughout Perth and regional WA during June 2012.  If you would like to have hard copies sent to you, you can request these via orders@man.org.au The Blokes' Book is produced by the Men's Advisory Network (MAN) Inc and funded by the WA Department of Health.

DIY divorce: Navigating the court system

You have the feeling there's not much in the way of bad marital behaviour family lawyer Robert Larkins has not seen, particularly as marriages grind to a close.

A professional life spent watching couples battle their way through divorce -- fighting not only each other, but their ignorance of the court system -- has provided plenty of insight into the messier side of human nature.

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Is There Anything Good About Men?: How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men

Back in 2007, Roy F. Baumeister delivered his invited address to the American Psychological Association titled "Is There Anything Good About Men?". This was one of the most exciting, groundbreaking analyses of male gender issues that many had read in a long time. Now Mr Baumeister has turned his address into a full length book , which we at Men's Health Australia cannot recommend highly enough.

The Dad Factor: How father baby-bonding helps a child for life by Richard Fletcher

This stimulating book explores many fascinating new understandings of the importance of a father in a child's development. Richard Fletcher, a pioneer researcher in the area of men’s health and family issues, examines how a father's close bond with his baby is vital for the development of the child’s healthy brain structure and their cognitive and emotional development. "The Dad Factor" presents explanations of why a father’s involvement with his child, right from birth, is vitally important to the development of a child’s brain and emotional stability.