Well, it's going on midnight... and I'm blogging on minti -- who'd 'ave thought??

Not sure about how to get this group thing going, but I think it's worth a shot!!

I'm passionate about kids getting all the support/encouragement/help and healthy atmosphere for growth that they can...  there are far too many messed up adults in the world already! Good parenting is obviously the foundational stuff -- it's so much harder to help kids from families that just don't know how or don't bother trying to encourage and empower them. One of my jobs, as a primary school chaplain, is to build up the self esteem, social skills, friendship connections etc for kids that struggle to fit in -- I don't think I'd need to do this job if there was some way of helping parents do theirs!

The thing is, it seems to me that for most kids, in most families, it's not really rocket science, either! I'm not saying it's EASY, but it is usually pretty straight-forward and self-evident if we'd just take the time to look and think about it a little! (or just reflect on our own upbringing, the positives and negatives, what really worked and what we would long for if we could do it over!)

It's great to be part of the Minti parent community, sharing ideas, insights, struggles, questions... and it'd be awesome to see some more vocal, active,  Aussie dads (those who are serious about doing their most important job right, and are happy to share their journey with others) coming out of the woodwork !!