Yesterday World Childless Week Champions, Michael Hughes and Robin Hadley, recorded their conversation about what it's like to be a man and never experience fatherhood. And in the words of Robin, it was 'ground breaking'.
Read moreMen Matter Too: Join Dr Robin Hadley and Michael Hughes for a frank 1-hour conversation about male childlessness.
World Childless Week recognises that men really do matter. We will be sharing posts from those men affected by childlessness not by choice and we are inviting men to join World Childless Week Champions, Dr Robin Hadly and Michael Hughes from Married and Childless as they record a frank 1 hour conversation about male childlessness on 25th August.
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On 25th August, there will be a recording of a 1-hour conversation between World Childless Week champions Michael and Robin who are leading the Men Matter Too Day on 13th September.
Read moreWhy I'm a World Childless Week Champion by Kenny Smith
I saw how Fertility Fest made an impact on Berenice and realised then, that it's important that World Childless Week must include stories from men who haven't experienced fatherhood and from different demographics.
Read moreFather in his heart - Stephanie Phillips
I don’t know my biological father and there has never been a man in my life that I’ve seen as a father figure. Ogie, my granddad, is the only role model I have but sadly he passed away when I was still a teenager.
With Father’s Day approaching I look at my husband and wonder how he feels. The adverts for gifts are appearing thick and fast and even on social media I get a notification of “Father’s Day Tex Mex Buffet”. He’s never expressed sadness on this day but with advertising everywhere you turn it’s something that he can’t avoid. I’ve made the resolution to ask him about his feelings. Is he not bothered or does he mask any emotions? I need to know.
Read moreThe un-held hand - Robin Hadley on Father's Day
It is that time of year when strategies deployed at Christmas, New Year and sundry other ‘national family centred event days’ are taken down from the loft, dusted off and made ready: Father’s Day to my mind, has followed the marketization of Mother’s Day.
Undoubtedly, next Monday’s news reports will give estimations of how many millions of pounds were spent on Father’s Day and how much more was spent on Mother's Day. It would appear that in order to acknowledge biological or social fatherhood a card, a present, and a meal specially priced (and specially defrosted and reheated) is now mandatory. Wherever you go displays inviting you to acknowledge your father or the father of your children abound.
Read moreWalking Past Father's Day - Kenny Smith
My dad passed away ten years ago. When he was alive, for the majority of his life he was cared for by my mum after he had a motorbike accident. Before the accident, we were never a family for commercial celebrations and he wasn't the sort whom the cards wanted to pay homage to anyway. He had four sons and I'm the eldest. Two of us are childlessness. Nevertheless, I've enjoyed being part of the lives of my now grown-up nieces and nephews, turning up on my motorbike to see them, and meantime working hard so I could travel the world and buy a house.
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