http://www.thepunch.com.au/tags/docs/ Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/i-was-one-of-the-lucky-ones/ I’m an orphan. My mum committed suicide when I was seven and my dad had a heart-attack when I was 16. Thankfully, I wasn’t living with either of them at the time. I was removed from my mother’s care at age five and my relationship with my father was estranged since before I could remember. The very first night I spent in a foster home I was bullied. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/i-was-one-of-the-lucky-ones/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/i-was-one-of-the-lucky-ones/#item853 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Eat your peas, brush your teeth and don’t live with your 15-year-old boyfriend: three things the parents of a now pregnant 12-year-old should have said to her. Do your homework, stop smoking and don’t live with your 11-year-old girlfriend: three things the baby’s father should have had drummed into him by his parents. There will be no shortage of advice offered to Girl X now every conceivable government agency has piled on top of her after she was outed as another prime example of the worst type of parenting. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/in-defence-of-docs-blaming-government-for-rotten-parents/ Eat your peas, brush your teeth and don’t live with your 15-year-old boyfriend: three things the parents of a now pregnant 12-year-old should have said to her. Do your homework, stop smoking and don’t live with your 11-year-old girlfriend: three things the baby’s father should have had drummed into him by his parents. There will be no shortage of advice offered to Girl X now every conceivable government agency has piled on top of her after she was outed as another prime example of the worst type of parenting. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/in-defence-of-docs-blaming-government-for-rotten-parents/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/in-defence-of-docs-blaming-government-for-rotten-parents/#item347 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Eat your peas, brush your teeth and don’t live with your 15-year-old boyfriend: three things the parents of a now pregnant 12-year-old should have said to her. Do your homework, stop smoking and don’t live with your 11-year-old girlfriend: three things the baby’s father should have had drummed into him by his parents. There will be no shortage of advice offered to Girl X now every conceivable government agency has piled on top of her after she was outed as another prime example of the worst type of parenting.