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Government declares policy to promote “shared parenting from pregnancy”: for things for their ‘to do’ list21st June 2010, 4:48pm |
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, 7:20am |
“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, 11:05am |
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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My book has been printed: Baby’s Here! Who Does What?
17th April 2010, 9:57am |
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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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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Community based “New Family Markets” instead of NHS antenatal education?
16th December 2009, 9:55pm |
Antenatal education is in trouble. The latest review of the evidence by the Department of Health is discouraging – put simply, there is little evidence that antenatal education works very well. This may be because it has always been given a low priority by the NHS – half-hearted evaluations of…
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The Government has dropped its commitments to expand leave entitlements for mothers and fathers. Good!
16th September 2009, 6:13pm |
I was busy writing my second blog on shared parenting when the debate about maternity and paternity leave took off. Here is what I said to the journalists and policy people who have phoned me in the last two days. The two changes - transferability of maternity leave to fathers…
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Thoughts on the future of gender equality (1)
05th September 2009, 12:40pm |
Over the next few weeks I will reflect on the future of the campaign to achieve equal pay for men and women and I want to relate this directly to the needs of children. Unequal pay is not good for children - it restricts how their parents can look after…
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I love the book, The Sixty Minute Father, by Rob Parsons!
07th August 2009, 7:13am |
“What really upsets me are those fathers who have chosen not to be with their children.” Janice, aged 17, who lost her father when she was 8. Hodder is publishing a new edition of The Sixty Minute Father by Rob Parsons, making this the longest lasting book on fatherhood -…
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Why does sharing of the care of infants create feelings of guilt and inadequacy for mums and dads?
03rd August 2009, 6:30am |
Is the key challenge of sharing the care of children in fact stepping out of one’s culturally determined earning or caring role rather than the challenges of the new role? The Daily Mail is still at it, with yet more excellent articles about motherhood, fatherhood and family life (see my…
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