Soapbox The term ‘part time work’ is a relic that’s hurting working parents Part-time work has accumulated such baggage and become so gendered that it hurts a lot more working parents’ careers than it helps.
News & Views The trouble with the minister promoting shared parental leave…who can’t access shared parental leave Andrew Griffiths is the UK’s business minister who is currently promoting shared parental leave and admits to Emma Barnett that he can’t access it himself.
Soapbox Where are the ‘dadpreneurs’? They’re running businesses & their parental status is moot Where are the ‘dadpreneurs’ Christie Whitehill asks, as she explains the problem with ‘mumpreneur’ which demotes a woman’s achievements in business.
Soapbox A dad’s take on parenting, feminism & the unfair advantages of being a man A dad’s take on parenting, feminism & the unfair advantages of being a man. Getting married and having a child was illuminating for Rob Sturrock
Ed's Blog The photos that capture the magic of Sweden’s family friendly policies Swedish Dads Johan Bavman has photographed 25 dads in Sweden who took more than 6 months leave with their babies and it captures the magic.
Ed's Blog One in four Australian men do no housework. Not a single thing. Nada. Nothing. One in four Australian men do no housework. In the week before the 2016 census 26% of Australian men admitted to doing no domestic work.
News & Views It’s not good enough to accuse fathers of being uninterested shirkers Only 4% of households in Australia have a stay at home dad. It’s not because men are shirkers it’s that we don’t support fathers as carers.
