Dads matter hugely to their children. If you have a positive relationship with your dad, you’re likely to do better at school, be happier, have higher self-esteem, and even form better relationships when you’re an adult.
But all too often fathers get forgotten or sidelined, and governments, public services and employers act as if mothers are the only ones who really matter. We need this to change.
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As part of an ongoing project with the Children’s Society, we are producing top tips on how to ensure fathers and father-figures in young carer families receive the support they need.
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Researchers at the University of Liverpool are exploring fathers’ experiences of trauma after childbirth.
The aim of the study (which has been approved by the University’s ethics committee) is to understand what makes the experience traumatic and what fathers do to cope.
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Parental Responsibility is a key legal concept you need to understand when working with fathers. It refers to the rights and responsibilities parents have to care and provide for their children and make important decisions about their upbringing.
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Despite decades of progress towards gender equality, many people still believe women are naturally better at caring for children.
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Men are not ‘biologically’ less suited to caring for children than women:
• when similarly supported, both sexes develop childcare skills at the same rate (Myers, 1982)
• through what they learn they can have similarly positive effects on their children and on family functioning (Cia et al, 2010; Melnyk et al, 2006;.
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Antenatal scans
Some enlightened employers give dads unpaid leave to attend two antenatal appointments; from 2015 this will become a legal right.
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New dads will be able to take up to 50 weeks’ parental leave to look after their babies in their first year, under new proposals to be introduced in 2015.
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Here at the Fatherhood Institute we are always very clear that fathers’ relationships with their daughters are just as important as those with their sons.
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- Liberty for women is as exhilirating as ever - Brisbane Times March 7, 2014
- Liberty for women is as exhilirating as ever - Sydney Morning Herald March 7, 2014
- 'Breastfeeding' Dads Campaign Aims to Get Men More Involved - Yahoo Canada Shine On March 7, 2014
- Are Women Hiding Their Career Achievements From Potential Partners? - Cosmopolitan March 7, 2014
- The government has published its draft regulations for shared parental leave ... - CIPD (blog) March 7, 2014