Fathers are a resource in the fight to end child poverty: open letter to the Minister for Children

povertyI have today written to the Minister of Children about child poverty and fathers.  Here is the letter.

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Why should overstretched maternity services extend to support fathers with depression?

Tradition: the sacred mother-baby bond.  Joseph is there in the dark, top right if you look very carefully!

Tradition: the sacred mother-baby bond. Joseph is there in the dark, top right if you look very carefully!

Last week was Mind’s Mental Health Week and it focussed on men.  And this week I am speaking at the Primary Care 2009 conference on postnatal depression and fathers.  (I am told my audience will be about 1000 people!)  Here is my full presentation, which is summarised below (references at end of blog).

Eight studies on PND and fathers have been published since 2008 and in June the Daily Telegraph and the BBC highlighted the issue: Father’s baby blues blight children.

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Mothers and fathers must unite against the culture of endless work

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Rachel Cusk, mother and author of Arlington Park

It is time to for mothers and fathers to unite to rebel against the workaholic culture that is crushing family life, making life a misery for mothers and fathers.

John Gray writes of our work culture: “Nothing is more alien to the present age . . . → Read More: Mothers and fathers must unite against the culture of endless work