Dads
Open Letters to New Fathers and Pregnant Women during Covid-19
Parents At Work recognise that the Covid-19 pandemic may be causing unease for parents-to-be and new parents. As strong advocates for ‘sharing the care’, we believe this is even more pertinent in these challenging times. Richard Fletcher from SMS4dads has written an open letter for new fathers at this time. Dr Vijay Roach, President of…
Read MoreImpressive 300% Increase in Men Taking Parental Leave with QBE’s New Gender-Equal Policy
In March 2019, QBE launched their paid parental leave initiative ‘Share the Care’. This new policy eliminated the gendered terms of “primary” and “secondary” carer, and instead offered its existing 12-weeks paid parental leave to every new parent – acknowledging the important roles all parents play within a working family. In the new policy employees…
Read MoreLaunching a New Podcast Series Just For Dads Juggling Career and Family
“I found becoming a dad pretty disorientating. It changed my priorities, my attitude to work and had a big impact on my relationship, too. Trying to navigate that wasn’t always easy. But chatting to other dads often helped, plus I picked up the odd tip (i.e. wearing T-shirts inside-out until you leave the house will…
Read MoreLiberating Men From Boardrooms to Playgrounds – Why we need an urgent rethink on parental leave in Australia
The ‘maternity leave’ debate is alive and kicking almost ten years on since the introduction of the government’s first paid parental leave scheme. But this time, it’s not about mums taking leave – it’s about dads. And rightly so. ABC journalist, presenter and author of ‘The Wife Drought’, Annabel Crabb, recently published her Quarterly Essay,…
Read More“Do we think dads are just for weekends?”: Annabel Crabb says dads need same support as mums
‘Why do we fret so extensively about the impact on children of not seeing their mothers enough, but care so little about what happens when it’s dad who’s always away?’ Annabel Crabb Annabel Crabb is one of Australia’s most popular political commentators, and her new quarterly essay titled ‘Men At Work – Australia’s Parenting Trap’…
Read MoreFathers Day Webinar Special: ‘A New Era of Fatherhood – is it the best time in history to be a dad?’
Luke Benedictus, Content Director at The Father Hood and former Editor of Men’s Health Magazine There’s never been a better time in history to be a dad – we all know how much society has changed when it comes to parenting in the last 50 years – expectations of fathers have grown and men want…
Read MoreKiwi Dads exhibition aims to support men taking Parental Leave
Press Release: Kiwi Dads photographic exhibition showcases need for equal access to parental leave Swedish Dads and Kiwi Dads photographs celebrate stay-at-home fathers New Zealand, 31 August 2019: Kiwi Dads, a new public photographic exhibition and campaign to promote equal access to paid parental leave, launches on September 5 at Westfield Newmarket in Auckland. Inspired…
Read MoreAt work and play – how do you be the dad you want to be?
How Fatherhood Impacts Your Career – Podcast Alex Laguna, Founder of Better Dads There’s much said and discussed about new mums and their return to work after having children, but sometimes dads can be a little forgotten. Many dads feel pressure to return to work after a couple of weeks off (if that) after their…
Read MoreFather Hood book released for the ‘new dad’ generation
In the lead up to our Fathers Day Special webinar, we’re excited to share that a brilliant new book for dads has been released by webinar co-host and the book co-author Luke Benedictus. Read all about this inspiring new book below. As a modern dad and relatively new father himself, writer Luke Benedictus and his…
Read More‘It wouldn’t be good for your career’: Why dads need Parental Leave Equality
“The use of parental leave by fathers and male partners in Australia is very low by global standards,” CEO of Parents at Work Emma Walsh says. “We lag [behind] the [rest of the] world on Paid Parental Leave. Not only was Australia one of the last countries to introduce a policy, but we currently offer…
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