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Government declares policy to promote “shared parenting from pregnancy”: for things for their ‘to do’ list21st 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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I am transferring my blog to the Who Does What? website
26th May 2010, 7:18am |
I am moving my blog! If you have been following my blog and it has once in a while made you smile or think, then do please subscribe to my new blog on the Who Does What? website. Just click here to subscribe on the other website and you will…
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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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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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Thoughts on the future of gender equality (1)
05th September 2009, 1:40pm |
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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Nick Clegg gives speech on family and fatherhood
27th July 2009, 9:19am |
Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats, gave a speech on the family on 8 July at Relate. He said that it was important to support family relationships of all kinds and in all family formations. He talked about the need at the present time to support relationships under stress…
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