About Daniel

Idolising Children can be purchased online at UNSW Press and Amazon UK.

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 has finished writing his first book, Idolising Children. It explores the impacts of our society's obession with childhood and youth. It is now available through UNSW Press.

‘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’
– Steve Biddulph, author of Raising Babies

‘[This book] is timely as so many young parents and those thinking of becoming parents are confused and worried about how they will cope … [It] will stimulate a lot of controversy and fruitful debate.’
– Dr Don Edgar, author War over Work