Belinda Neal attends Fathers' Day breakfast

Labor Candidate for Robertson Ms Belinda Neal attended the Fathers' Day Breakfast held in schools across the Central Coast by Dads in Education last Friday.

Ms Neal said she had the opportunity to meet with parents and students from Woy Woy South Primary School.

Ms Neal said that she understood the importance of involving parents, and fathers in particular, in a child's education.

"Our children need role models throughout their upbringing and programs such as the Fathers' Day Breakfast play a very important role in involving dads in their educational outcomes," Ms Neal said.

"As a mother of two teenage boys, I know firsthand the importance of having male role models for young people to look up to and it is often fathers that are forgotten about when it comes to schooling.

"It is great to see a program that promotes this involvement and interaction between children and their fathers.

"With increasingly busy lives, this program really hits home with the message that we must still take time out and enjoy the simple things in life.

"It was great to meet some of the parents and children at today's breakfast and to hear how successful this program has become.

"This weekend is a time to reflect and show our dads just how much we appreciate and care about them."

Dads in Education first organised the Fathers' Day Breakfast in 2004.

The program has grown to include all primary schools from across the Central Coast.

Press release, 31 Aug 2007 Belinda Neal, Labor Candidate for Robertson