Mothers still bear the majority of care work and fathers are still largely excluded or pushed to take unpaid leave.
- Professor of Sociology, University of Lincoln
The issues boys and men navigate are diverse and messy, linked to socioeconomic inequalities, geography and social history.
Showing and celebrating that men care – and presenting positive public images of what men do for family – is vital to wider societal wellbeing and health
Dads tell us they want to be included in support, but that this is predominantly aimed at mothers.
Fathers aren’t to blame for all of their childrens’ problems.
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