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The perceived emasculation of stay at home dads

I feel compelled to address an issue that affects us stay at home fathers; our perceived emasculation. It’s something I’m occasionally asked about and having read a dreadful comment elsewhere on the subject, I feel the time is right to respond. The comment was in this article on the Guardian website. It was written by

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Simple ways to #savesmarter

  Last week I used a financial personality test to assess my attitude to saving money. Unfortunately, I didn’t do well and was labelled a “day dreamer” who was potentially heading towards financial oblivion! Truth is, the results from using the online tool, which is available on the Aviva website, didn’t surprise me. My wife

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The dreaded chest infection

Not too long ago, I wrote this blog post about the mythical condition often referred to as ‘man flu’. In the post I stated that illness, for me, as the main carer of my kids, is different. Yeah, so I get the odd sniffle but I just have to battle on through or the wheels

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Sky News Morning Story; occupations where men fear to tread

I was recently invited to record a Morning Story for Sky News (a bit like Thought for the Day, but for television). My piece was broadcast today and I chose to speak about gender inequality. In particular, I focused on traditionally female spheres where men struggle to make headway. In the 90-odd seconds allotted to

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