Why we need fairer policies for mums and dads: Guardian video

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News

NHS fails new mums by ignoring dads, says major FI study
The NHS is failing to provide the ‘family-centred’ antenatal, maternity or health visitor services required by its own rules and desired by parents, according to a large survey of new fathers, published today. 

Are dads too lazy around the house?
A comic strip by a French cartoonist, showing how mothers bear the ‘mental load’ of running the household, went viral last week. 

New study shows father-inclusive perinatal classes improve births
New research has shown that Family Foundations – the brief series of classes for first-time parents offered in the UK by the Fatherhood Institute – improves birth outcomes as well as easing the transition to parenthood. 

Men and early labour: study seeks participants
What was it like being with your partner in the first few hours of her labour? Fathers are often the main support for women during the first hours of labour when they are typically advised to stay at home.  

Training

PIP guide: Surrey post-natal father assessment
This is one of a series of guides to help agencies develop father-inclusive services, produced by the Department for Children, Schools and Families’ Parenting Implementation Project (PIP), which ran from early 2008 until June 2009. 

PiP guide: Developing and sustaining father-friendly services across Lincolnshire
This is one of a series of guides to help agencies develop father-inclusive services, produced by the Department for Children, Schools and Families’ Parenting Implementation Project (PIP), which ran from early 2008 until June 2009. 

PIP guide: Developing a father-inclusive workforce
This is one of a series of guides to help agencies develop father-inclusive services, produced by the Department for Children, Schools and Families’ Parenting Implementation Project (PIP), which ran from early 2008 until June 2009. 

Case study (Young Fathers): Mainstreaming engagement in a Teenage Pregnancy Service
Mainstreaming engagement with young fathers in its service for young parents is a serious concern for Hull’s Teenage Pregnancy Support Service.