MaternityInformation for midwives, paediatricians, obstetricians and other professionals working in the maternity services: helping expectant fathers to support their pregnant partners, and supporting new fathers in the transition to parenthood.
Policy » Maternity
13Parental Responsibility is a legal status an adult can hold in relation to a child, which gives that adult all the ‘rights and responsibilities’ of a parent.
Practice » Maternity
Useful organisations and information sources:
Below you will find a referral organisation for specialist advice on most issues. Do email us (mail@fatherhoodinstitute.org) if you think any of our information is wrong or needs updating (organisations can change their details day to day, and they don’t usually inform us when they do!) or if you feel we have missed out or misrepresented an important service
Advice Now
An independent, not-for-profit website providing accurate, up-to-date information on rights and legal issues.
Policy » Maternity
Blog » Maternity
Blog » Maternity
Jeremy Davies writes:
Back in July 2012 we wrote a paper called Stick to your guns, urging the Government to pursue the plan it had outlined in its Modern Workplaces consultation.
Practice » Maternity
ANTENATAL SUPPORT FOR DADS
Questions we have been asked include:
‘Student dad-to-be, wants to know where he can learn about putting on nappies’
‘My pregnant girlfriend and I have broken up.
External research » Maternity
‘Hiding in the Pub to Cutting the Cord’ is a research project examining the ways in which men have been involved in childbirth over the last half century.
Practice » Maternity
David Simons, an IT consultant from Kew in south-west London, attended a Fatherhood Institute ‘Hit the Ground Crawling’ course in February 2012.
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