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Over the next few months Dad Info and Mumsnet are working together to create a national debate about how parents organise work and caring for children.
The project is called The Home Front: what do mums and dads need to make life work?
At the end of the process we will compile some policy suggestions about what can be done to make life easier.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is supporting the Home Front debate as part of its wider initiative, Working Better, which aims to identify and promote innovative new ways of working which help meet the challenges of the 21st century.
What do you think mums and dads need to make life work?
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Posted: Monday, 04 May 2009 - 09:35 PM
Name: Stephen
Guys, can you remove this article? I clicked on the survey, which took me to a page on Mumsnet which was closed.
If the survey is closed, please take it off, if it is not, can you supply a link that works?
cheers
Posted: Wednesday, 18 March 2009 - 08:12 PM
Name: James
Child care costs a fortune. If my partner worked full time after deductions and childcare she would bring home £20/wk before deducting fuel/transport. It doesn't seem to matter how much I earn in a week it is never enough to cover even the basics, there is always something to fix/replace. I have to earn what I can and still find time to support her and our boys - There is no time for us as a couple. More affordable childcare options and more flexibility in working hours for primary carers.
Posted: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 - 11:26 AM
Name: Alison
I believe that young people today are suffering from the breakdown of family life where one parent in the past was able to devote time to their child(ren) over and above work commitments. Both parents are now almost forced to earn to meet financial commitments leaving children without a parent who has the time and energy to emotionally support them through school and their young lives. Funding for families might help rather than pumping money into giving out ASBOs etc.
Posted: Sunday, 13 July 2008 - 10:10 PM
Name: Jeremy
What we all need is choices. All the mums and dads I know have set out thinking they'll share the parenting work but the woman has nearly always ended up staying at home and the husband spends huge numbers of hours at work - simply because maternity leave makes that happen. This is not what people want - and it means the next generation will see this big gender divide happening in front of their eyes, even if in every other respect we're trying to show them that men and women are equal!!