A couple of days ago, I appeared in a feature in the Times magazine headlined Rise of the alpha dads. I was one of five stay at home dads talking about why we gave up our careers to look after the children. I was apprehensive about what would appear in print. Even so, I
Read all about it! Read all about it! Yes, along with five other stay at home dads, I have today appeared in the Times magazine in a feature headlined Rise of the Alpha Dad. The feature is all about men who gave up careers to look after their children. I thought this presented me with
I am about to have a rant. The subject; the approach many organisations take when providing parenting advice to dads. There’s a widespread misconception about us men. For whatever reason, authors, charities and businesses often seem to think men will only respond if the advice they’re given is “tongue in cheek”.
Below is a guest post from Alison McGovern, the Labour Party’s Shadow Minister for Children and Families and MP for Wirral South. In the post, the Shadow Minister outlines various polices Labour would implement to improve family life. This includes improved paternity leave, increased childcare and capped school places. This is the second of several
Blink and you may have missed the news, but during the Easter break shared parental leave, something I’ve written about many a time, officially came into force. In other words, the old, inflexible paternity and maternity leave systems have been consigned to history. Under the new rules, mums and dads (or dads and dads and
