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Time for a new fatherhood campaign: high expectations13th April 2012, 8:41pm |
I have come back to the field of fatherhood after a break. I have given myself six months before allowing a reaction, but now it is time. I am shocked at how the agenda has stagnated. It is time for a campaign that makes it impossible for family services simply…
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Birth registration and fathers: please sign the letter to the Minister for Children!
24th March 2012, 8:10am |
This week I organised a joint letter to Sarah Teather, Minister for Children and Families, asking her to support new legislation that would make it the default for unmarried fathers, like married fathers, to sign the birth certificate. It was a response to the story in the Daily Mail saying…
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Why is an unmarried father treated as a stranger to his baby if the mother dies in childbirth?
03rd March 2012, 7:00am |
Earlier this month in North Wales, a mother died just after giving birth. She was not married to the father, though he was declared in the maternity records as the father. Afterwards, the father was not allowed to take the baby home until social workers had visited and gone to…
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Six ideas to support shared parenting – a letter to the Minister, Tim Loughton MP
12th February 2012, 7:17am |
Today I wrote to Tim Loughton, the Minister who has so publicly declared the Government in favour of support for shared parenting. I congratulated him and made these six proposals for action. 1. Ensure that we make the most of the learning from Australia The negative representation of the Australian…
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