UK: More than a third of fathers are forced to use their annual leave instead of paternity leave in order to afford to spend time with their new babies, a survey for Mumsnet has found. Experts say the statutory rate for paternity leave is too low, at just £138.18 or $216.74 a week for two weeks...
Read MoreWorkplaces have failed to make the necessary policy and cultural shifts to support fathers be more involved in parenting, which means greater conflict between work and family life, new research has found. A La Trobe University analysis of more than 2600 fathers....
Read MoreSometimes parenthood means taking one for the team. Like when you bring home a new toy for the kids, but it comes in 12,686 pieces. So, Dad puts it all together while blissful children eat ice cream -- and Mom snaps a photo. Yes, this is parenting.
Read MoreWhy focus on stay-at-home women rather than stay-at-home men, given that women are accumulating more human capital than their male counterparts? Young women are more likely to get college degrees today than men are; doesn’t that suggest that women’s comparative advantage might lie in the workplace...
Read MoreWhen I was approached to write about rules for Dads of teens, my immediate reaction was "like totally. For example don't pretend to talk like a teen. It doesn't work. Especially if you're in your 40's like me. Like the saying goes "Act your age not your shoe size."
Read MoreEven at companies with policies allowing paternity leave, requesting it can be tricky. Here’s how. Dear Annie: I’m envious of the people who work for Change.org and other employers I’ve been reading about lately, since those employees can take time off for the birth or adoption of a child.
Read MoreThere is increasing evidence that new fathers can suffer a form of postnatal depression - so why isn't more being done to help them, asks Rob Kemp. Many men describe the birth of their child as a truly wonderful, life-changing event. But with the new responsibility and devotion.
Read MoreA study at Kansas State University concluded that dads feel just as guilty as moms about taking time to work out. The researchers said both parents tend to view exercise as a selfish behavior that takes up family time. The researchers said, in order to stay active.
Read MoreSometimes I feel like a bad dad. Doubts over my parental savvy often correlate with how long I’m at the office. When I call to tell Mrs. Tepper that I’ll be here until 7:30 p.m. working on a magazine feature and won’t be home to put our son Luke to bed the soft disappointment in her voice stays with me like a faint ember...
Read More"I feel sorry for you when they become teenagers." "Dude, you're surrounded by women." "What did you do to deserve that?" Being a dad of four daughters (we also have one son), I hear stuff like this almost daily. And honestly, I'm the one who feels sorry for people who think this way.
Read MoreJohn McElhenney's outlook on life after divorce is pretty simple: Upward and onward. Of course there were some emotional moments during the process, but once he worked through his initial grief, the single dad tried to set his mind on regrouping and feeling whole again, if only for his kids' sake.
Read MoreBeing a dad might entail dirty diapers, but it also tends to come with big bucks. Men with children earned 40% more than their childless counterparts in 2010, according to a new study by The Graduate Center, City University of New York. And they made nearly twice as much as mothers.
Read MoreThe study was conducted by researchers from the Kansas State University. While many studies have focused on how working women find it difficult to juggle their personal and professional life, this is the first study that highlights that men face similar barriers.
Read MoreUsually it's the simple things that get us smiling and laughing. For baby Heath, his giggle-trigger is his dad's cough. In this video, father Andrew Lister is sharing a Popsicle with his son Heath when he suddenly gets a scratching in his throat he can't control.
Read MoreAs a gay man, André never expected to be able to be a dad, but when he and Jonathan met by chance on a blind date they had what they describe as an "immediate connection." "We couldn't keep all of this luck and love to ourselves, we needed to share....
Read MoreSocial services have apologized for a culture of failing to tell fathers about their children’s welfare. A father, whose seven-year-old daughter lives with her mother, complained that East Sussex Social Services failed to notify him about his child’s welfare and that social workers had shown bias towards her mother.
Read MoreThey're a group of 40 fathers, brothers, uncles and grandfathers who start their meetings asking about how each other's kids are doing. They make up the local chapter of DADS, or Dads Appreciating Down Syndrome, a national organization of fathers of children who have the condition.
Read MoreIt's the 21st Century. The genders have never been more equal, the imbalance in salaries is beginning to narrow, and more men are now staying at home to bring up their children. So why are we constantly told that men make terrible fathers
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A tetraplegic man thrilled his daughter by standing to make the father-of-the-bride speech at her wedding - thanks to a special robotic wedding suit. Irving Caplan, is confined to a wheelchair following a bicycle crash in Edgware, north London.
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Of course, working mothers often face stigmas in the workplace that working fathers simply do not but the challenges of parenthood and career exist for both genders. To find out about the family issues men struggle with, TIME spoke with 7 male executives about fatherhood and work-life balance.
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