The Daily Mail provided the world with a gem yesterday. The headline was as follows; Decline of the stay at home mother; just one woman in ten is a full time mum. In the way you might expect from this publication, it went on to talk about “stigmatising” stay at home mothers, “economically inactive” women
I’ve always had the greatest respect for single parents. My experiences over recent days have further proved to me that single mums and dads must be superhuman. Mrs Adams, you see, went away for a couple of days with work. To be precise, she was only away for the one night but she left at
My youngest daughter has reached a point where she is much more self-aware and increasingly understands the world around her. This has manifested itself in a way that breaks my heart and makes me feel a little guilty as a non working parent. This is a topsy-turvy family. My wife, Gill, works full time while
Something that’s always baffled me is talk of women trying to “have it all.” I recognise there’s plenty of evidence suggesting women continue to take responsibility for the majority of the housework and childcare in most relationships. Despite this I’ve never felt there’s enough recognition of those men who are involved fathers are also struggle
I was yesterday honoured to take part in a round table discussion organised by the Government’s Gender Equality Office. The purpose was to discuss how men can become ‘agents of change’ and support gender equality. It was a fascinating discussion and the quality of the participants was exceedingly high. I won’t name them all as
