Comments on: When fathers lose their jobs

By: Ian | Baby Sign Language

Ian | Baby Sign Language — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:43:43 +0000

I am lucky to be in the unique position of being a stay at home Dad. My wife and I have 2 children, a 7 year old boy and a 14 month old girl. I lost my job not long after the birth of our daughter, and have to say it was the best thing that has ever happened to me. For the first time in my adult life I am unemployed, but have the best non paying job in the world. With my wife working full time, I do the school runs, the housework and everything else around the house. The only thing I don't do is cook dinner, that's my wifes domain, I have the amazing ability of being able burn water.

By: Clara72

Clara72 — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:23:48 +0000

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1239783...
A pretty compelling argument for social change if the article proves correct. Apply this future change to our existing position and you will potentially have large numbers of low (or lower) paid females in work having to pay for childcare rather than using familly ... See Morenetworks. Shared care is an equal, practical and economically viable solution; that's without listing the known benefits it brings to children the very people the law/policy is supposed to protect and who should be at the heart of such policy development.

By: nnooxx

nnooxx — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:12:45 +0000

Agree with everything you say.

However, I would tell them to stop trying to artificially separate the sexes as we are now in a society where fathers do almost as much of the child care as mothers, in plenty of cases much more.
- 'Equal Opportunities Commission Gender Index of July 2007, which reported that fathers spent on average just 16 minutes less each day than mothers in looking after their children. 2 hours 32 minutes for mothers, 2 hours 16 minutes for fathers' -

Its time to move past the media, government and Courts backward thinking - Because in reality fathers are already in most families doing similar or more child care and it will only increase further.

The most enjoyable and important times of my life have been caring for my children, doing the mundane as well as the fun. I don't think I'm alone.

Time to talk about parents, not the artificial dividing line of mothers or fathers.