- Two thirds of parents say their relationship gets worse after a baby is born.
- Mothers report extreme pressure after a baby is born – fears about being seen as a bad mother, guilt, loss of identity; more than 10% of mothers suffer from post-natal depression – an epidemic.
- Two thirds of mothers and fathers think fathers don’t spend enough time with their babies; mothers do not think men do enough at home.
- Many fathers do not feel they belong at home any more.
- In UK, mothers get 39 weeks of leave, fathers get 2 weeks; the pay gap between women and men started going up again when this was introduced.
- One third of children see their parents split up.
Does it have to be like this? I don’t think so!
I would love to see a debate about why these things are happening and whether we can rethink things and do things better.
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