Equally shared parenting

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I have just come across a fantastic website, reviewed in the Guardian, Equally Shared Parenting.  A mother and father, Amy and Carl, have decided to share parenting absolutely equally and to blog their way through the entire project.  They have achieved quite a following in the US.  By going all the way, they . . . → Read More: Equally shared parenting

Men in the maternity unit: the case for “family centred” care

Why engage with fathers in maternity services? . . . → Read More: Men in the maternity unit: the case for “family centred” care

The Good Childhood Report: should fathers work less?

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Parents and work

The Good Childhood Report, as presented in The Sunday Times last weekend by its authors, points out that mothers work more than they used to and juxtaposes this with the statement that children are increasingly cared for by someone else other than their parents.

This wording was unfortunate.  We know . . . → Read More: The Good Childhood Report: should fathers work less?

The Good Childhood Report: a call to halt individualism

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I am going to write three blogs in quick succession on the Good Childhood Report – one on supporting c0-parenting instead of individual parenting, one on parents and work and one on pregnancy and birth.

Supporting co-parenting instead of individual parenting

Parenting in Britain is seen as an individual activity.  When a . . . → Read More: The Good Childhood Report: a call to halt individualism