A Caped Crusade by Matt O’Connor – Coming April 2015
Matt O’Connor’s second book about the Fathers4Justice campaign he started in 2001, is a candid account about O’Connor’s life and the behind the scenes challenges facing the campaign and his family over the last 14 years. Fearless, controversial and impossible to ignore, O’Connor describes the political wheeler-dealing that led to Fathers4Justice winning cross-party support for […]
22/12/14 How fathers’ brains adapt to a newborn
They develop extra grey matter in areas linked to emotional needs and multi-tasking / Changes in new fathers’ brains is the same as those in mothers / New research suggests men take to parenthood as well as women / Fathers develop extra ‘grey matter’ in brain, linked to emotional attachment / However men’s decision making […]
Why fathers need to push for 50/50 Shared Parenting. By Matt O’Connor.
I have been asked 2 questions at least 5 times every week ever since I started Fathers4Justice in 2001. Do I know a good lawyer? The answer is still no. Should I ask for shared parenting? Hell, yes!In any negotiation, you have to ask for the world. You can always come down, but you can […]
8th January 2014 Daily Mail – Mums Who Cut Fathers Out After Separation
One in three say Dad should not have say in their child’s upbringing…Fathers4Justice continue to fight for equal parenting rights as growing concerns mount over lack of male role models for millions of youngsters after their parents have separated. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2535623/Mum-cut-fathers-separation-One-three-say-Dad-not-say-childs-upbringing.html#ixzz2pz1OITdz
I Have Not Seen My Son Since Christmas Day 2008 – by Pat Lyons
Merry Christmas Everybody. Christmas can be a sad time for many, recounting the loss of a loved one during the year or at this time of the season. For many fathers the sadness may be another equally difficult situation where you cannot see your child because you are being obstructed by the other parent, be […]
