| Role Of New Fathers Promoted In Fathers Direct Maternity Guide
A unique guide launched today by Fathers Direct, backed by Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt, sets out the way maternity services should engage with fathers, to benefit children, mums and fathers themselves.
Including New Fathers offers a wealth of policy guidance and practical advice on how to include fathers effectively in maternity services. It reflects the changing nature of families: today, 88 per cent of fathers attend their child's birth, a figure that has risen significantly in the last 40 years and fathers now provide one third of parental care of children - eight times more than 30 years ago and more care than professional childcarers. [1].
The guide reflects first hand experiences of midwives and other professionals who work with fathers and includes many of their hints and tips.
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For parents, kids must be Job One
Q: How come you never seem to get on anybody's case about their morals? It's not just you – "anything goes" is now generally the way of the world. How many more slutty, stupid, knocked-up girls are you going to send to "counselling" and how many more deadbeat, lowlife, shag'em-and-run dads are you going to let off as a lost cause? What's wrong with standing up for the idea that once you've got kids, there are no more "boyfriends" or "girlfriends," no more sleepovers or casual get-togethers with strangers moving in and out of a kid's life? What's wrong with telling these folks that they're rotten at making choices and are, therefore, prohibited from making any more? Just Curious A: While you'd rather lock the barn door after the horse is gone than lead it to safety, I take a different approach.
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