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Letter to Frank Field - a family approach to child poverty?11th July 2010, 6:37am |
I have written to Frank Field in response to his speech about fathers and child poverty. I have copied it to Iain Duncan-Smith and Nick Clegg. In summary:
Child poverty is a family function, not just an issue between a child and a “primary carer”. The ability of adults in…
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Government declares policy to promote “shared parenting from pregnancy”: for things for their ‘to do’ list
21st June 2010, 5:48pm |
So Nick Clegg has confirmed that the Government intends to “encourage shared parenting from the earliest stage of pregnancy”. A great policy – two thirds of mothers and fathers think parents should share the responsibilities of caring, but only one third of parents report that this actually happens. In other…
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Divorce less likely if fathers do the children and housework
14th May 2010, 8:20am |
“Dads who don a pinny and muck in with the housework are less likely to get divorced than those who leave it to the missus.” That’s the story in the Mirror today, also in Times, Telegraph, Independent. This research at the London School of Economics confirms the same findings in…
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How to have children and stay sane
08th May 2010, 12:05pm |
I did an interview for the Daily Telegraph last week. They asked me for some top tips for parents. Here goes. Any thoughts?
Don’t end up with one parent doing all the caring and the other doing all the earning unless you really cannot avoid it.
Both spend time alone…
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Marriage is a women’s issue (according to the UK media)
01st May 2010, 8:05pm |
The other day The Independent published an article on marriage, A taxing problem for single-issue campaigners. Sarah Cassidy set up a “mums’ panel” from Mumsnet to consider the issues and interviewed a number of women (and only women). The only men she referred to were the political leaders (all men,…
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My book has been printed: Baby’s Here! Who Does What?
17th April 2010, 10:57am |
My book is printed! I have put it on Amazon, though the media launch is in early June. I have not just tried to produce something that it interesting to read, but is also a pleasure to hold and leaf through. Lots of colour, pictures and quotations. I’m excited by…
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Images of fathers in caring roles
16th March 2010, 10:01pm |
This is a bronze sculpture of a father and child. As it happens, it is in our garden, though it does not belong to us. The artist, Caroline Mackenzie, asked us to look after it while she was living in India and it has been here ever since. Caroline also…
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Fathers are made invisible in the media - I have the headline and I have the photos!
10th March 2010, 8:04pm |
My last post was about the FAMILIES who protested for better maternity services in London at the weekend. I took lots of photos, particularly of the men. This is the headline in The Independent. A different picture entirely. My family once arranged a family photo and the photographer asked me…
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The Albany Mums protest - with their families
08th March 2010, 7:12am |
At the weekend I went to the demonstration in London against the destruction by King’s College Hospital of the Albany Midwives, a beacon of family and community based midwifery. I even spoke at the demo from the top of a double decker bus in front of the Department of Health…
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When fathers lose their jobs
31st December 2009, 2:58pm |
On Monday I am on Woman’s Hour discussing the issue of fathers losing their jobs and being pitched into full-time care of children. I will comment on their experiences. So what should I say? It seems to me there are two key factors. First there is the burden of social…
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