Meet the dads who left employment to improve their work life balance
This is a public service announcement. I want to let you know about a new series I am about to launch on Dadbloguk  looking at work life balance.
This is a public service announcement. I want to let you know about a new series I am about to launch on Dadbloguk  looking at work life balance.
The world has gone mad for shared parental leave (SPL). Thanks to the Government’s #sharetheleave campaign and the Women and Equalities Committee’s intervention, SPL has been making the headlines a great deal recently.
The past few days have been a little testing. Last Thursday evening, my eldest daughter was complaining of feeling sick and the next morning she felt worse and had a temperature, so she didn’t go into school. It was just a little bug and she fine was by Saturday.
As a former journalist, I feel pain when people say you shouldn’t believe what’s in the news. Sometimes, however, I have to concede that news reporters get things a bit wrong. One example was a series of recent news reports about a decline in the number of stay at home dads.
It’s not always easy being a working dad. We all know that within many couples, both partners have to work.