Why I don’t want my daughter wearing skirts
My daughter is a girl and she can scuff her knees up with the best of them. This doesn’t make her a Tomboy. It makes her a girl...with scuffed knees. Read more
Category: Shared Parental Leave +
#FindYourBalance – Parent Talent UK
A Guest Post for Parent Talent UK about flexible working and finding your Work/Life balance. Read more
Cars 3 – A Feminist Parent’s Dream Movie?
My brother sent a cinema gift card with tickets to Cars 3, so my son and I were all prepped to go when my wife, rightly, pointed out her and my daughter would not be... Read more
10 tips for being great parents in 180mins a day
Of the 13 hours the kids spend awake, 3hrs together doesn’t feel like much. Only 23% of their day to be precise. Read more
13 REASONS WHY – A parent’s view
(No spoilers, except that it’s about teenage suicide!) It started to happen recently. I’m not sure exactly when they started but I’ve been aware of these feelings for a while now. It’s a noticeable shift... Read more
Why should I, a man, care about the Gender Wage Gap?
My wife, despite having twice as many degrees as me, both to a considerably higher standard, working as many hours as I do and working as hard as me, still makes £13,000 less. Read more
Daddy Guilt: To do stuff or to get stuff done
It's all gone wrong. I am absolutely behind on all life admin measures. Read more
Why MANternity is easy
So why is it that I am finding this time fairly pleasant but the common perception of a new mum is a stressed, confused, barely conscious whirlwind? Read more
The unspoken guilt of Shared Parental Leave
That is the guilt I feel about my wife going back to work early in order for me to spend time with the kids. Strangely it feels a little selfish to have this time with MY kids. Read more
MANternity: DGAF Fridays
I've found it! The end of my tether! It's been successfully located and resides on a Friday morning at 11:38am. Read more