Enormous Advantage
Great article in The Independent (UK) today about equally shared parenting - and other parenting models that place dad on par with mom at home and in the workplace. It seems that Britain is poised to extend the duration of its parental leave policy to a full year, of which all but the first 26 weeks can be taken by fathers. I'd like to see even the first 26 weeks be available to fathers too - so that both parents can learn about caring for their baby alongside each other and mothers are not given such a head start on everything - but I digress.
What's nice about this article is how excited the author is about fathers' equal involvement in raising children - how the author believes this benefits men, kids and women too. Here are some quotes (italics are mine):
"Thousands [of fathers] work part-time, along with their partners, so that they can share the parenting." Thousands? Love it!
"The pathetic wail of, "I want my mummy!", is already turning, quite often, into "I want my daddy!" Sounds like our house.
"Finally, it looks as if the tide is starting to turn....to a time of greater equality and more shared parenting. Something that seems to me to be of enormous advantage to absolutely everyone." Although I know that ESP is not for everyone, I like the idea that making ESP accessible to everyone is an enormous advantage. And more shared parenting? Wow, we might even qualify as a trend soon!
The article goes on to profile a few involved fathers, most of whom seem to be ESP dads. It's a really nice round up - check it out!
posted by Amy @ 8:38 PM
2 Comments:
That is great news -- but surely "all but the first 26 weeks" is a hyperbolic way of saying "the last half"?
Yes, true indeed! I was lifting that language from the article, but it is rather silly, huh? -Amy
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