About
March 7th, 2007
Daniel Donahoo is the author of Idolising Children. He is a fellow at OzProspect a non-partisan, public policy think tank and has worked across a wide range of community service and research organisations.
He lives in rural Victoria with his wife and two children where they explore box-ironbark forest and tend to their vegetable patch which always produces great tomatoes, but never enough basil.
Daniel’s research interests are child and family policy, government-community relationships and the development of more localised government and economic systems. He commentates regularly in Australia’s daily newspapers, magazines and online. Daniel is a regular columist at Online Opinion.
Daniel’s policy ideas have been published by Just Policy, Rattler, Melbourne University’s Centre for Public Policy, Australian Prospect, Griffith Review and New Matilda.
Daniel’s first book, Idolising Children explores the impacts of our society’s obession with childhood and youth. It is aviliable on UNSW Press New Sotuh Imprint.
Steve Bidduplh says about Idolising Children:
‘Broadranging, lively and sharp. Something has gone badly wrong with childhood in this corporatised world, and Daniel Donahoo is willing to lift the lid on the whole third-rate deal offered to young families today.’
April 18th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Hello,
On Monday, Zoe Roxborugh-Kidd handed me your book and told me I HAD to read it (don’t worry, I’ll buy my own copy). On Tuesday I found myself nodding with your comments on SBS and today I’ve read your blog. I’m really enjoying it, and so’s my husband Rohan. I really love apart from anything a discussion of ‘parenting’ as opposed to ‘mothering’, it helps make a reinforcement of the team nature of this wild ride.
I was wondering if you’d thought about setting it up as an RSS feed. To be honest I don’t know how to set them up but I could then read updates in my reader. I do know Zoe’s husband Garth knows how to do it.
Have a great day,
Kate
April 18th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Thanks Kate.
The idea behind all of this is I am trying to articulate what so many parents are telling me through my research and also as a dad.
It is a team…so much a team effort.
An RSS feed is a good idea…I might chase Garth about it.
Thanks for nodding.