Steve Biddulph (born 1953) is an Australian author, activist and psychologist who has written a number of influential books and now speaks world wide. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mental health professional A psychologist is a practitioner of Psychology, the systematic investigation of the mind including Behavior, Cognition, He has also been active on Australia's treatment of refugees, particularly those in immigration detention. He lives in Evandale, Tasmania, with his wife and co-author Shaaron Biddulph. Evandale is a small town in northern Tasmania, Australia. It sits on the banks of the South Esk River 18 km south of Launceston. Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass
He has written a controversial book on Nursery school (in other places also referred to as "childcare") Raising Babies - Should Under 3's Go to Nursery?, published in England, in which he argues that institutional childcare is often inadequate, and largely undesirable, for babies. A nursery school is a school for children between the ages of three and five staffed by qualified teachers and other professionals who encourage and supervise educational play rather than
Books
His books include:
- Raising Babies - Should Under 3's Go to Nursery? (2006)
- The Secret of Happy Children[1] addressing what he saw as negative parenting strategies
- More Secrets of Happy Children[2] advocates firm non-violent parenting and argues child care is not appropriate for under twos. Childcare (also written child care and babycare is the act of caring for and supervising minor Children (In Australia Daycare is referred
- The Making of Love[3] provides strategies for couples and argues that most divorces were preventable and needless.
- Manhood[4] from a mythopoetic and men's liberation perspective argued for the important role of fathers, the need for them to engage with their children, to reconcile with their own fathers and the need for changes in social and workplace demands to facilitate this. Men's movement|Gender role Men's liberation is a stream of the modern Men's movement.
- Raising Boys[5] presented strategies for parents to address the specific issues of parenting boys, with a chapter addressing single mothers. A single parent (also lone parent and sole parent) is a Parent who cares for one or more children without the assistance of another parent in the home (A number one bestseller in a number of countries including Australia, Brazil, Ireland and Japan).
He co-leads and funds the SievX National Memorial Project, to remember, and help the survivors of the sinking of the SIEV X, (people smugglers overloaded the Siev X and 353 refugee mothers, fathers and children died under suspicious circumstances on a vessel trying to reach safety in Australia). SIEV-X stands for Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel X (the X means “unknown” People smuggling is a term which is used to describe transportation of people across international borders to a non-official entry point of a destination country for a variety of reasons
See also
External links
- Biography at Steve Biddulph website
- Introduction to Steve Biddulph at Manhood Online - also has links to a number of articles. Childcare (also written child care and babycare is the act of caring for and supervising minor Children (In Australia Daycare is referred Men's movement|Gender role Men's liberation is a stream of the modern Men's movement. A nursery school is a school for children between the ages of three and five staffed by qualified teachers and other professionals who encourage and supervise educational play rather than Parenting is the process of raising and educating a Child from birth, or before until Adulthood In the case of humans it is usually
- Audio Download - Biddulph on Families and Siev-X on ABC Life Matters, 31 March 2006 -
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