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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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Jon Davies, CEO, to leave Families Need Fathers
25th June 2010, 5:48pm |
Jon Davies is leaving Families Need Fathers. He writes: After almost four years taking FNF from a little known and often misunderstood charity to something approaching respectability it is time to move! I have been planning this for some time but my Damascene moment came when I saw three and…
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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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Fathers and breastfeeding (in 1753)
24th April 2010, 7:47pm |
Acteon surprises Diana Clare has been reading Sir Charles Grandison, written by Samuel Richardson in 1953, a book that Jane Austen read. (The edition is so old, Clare is cutting the pages as she proceeds through its vast length.) Last night she read me this passage. Lady G, Sir Charles’…
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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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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 struggles of single parents in UK
19th January 2010, 11:46am |
I was talking to a divorced single father the other day. I know all the theory about the difficulties that single parents face (I lack the direct experience, being neither divorced nor separated) but being faced by the reality of a single case sometimes has more power than the theory. …
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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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