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Dads Don't Babysit: Towards Equal Parenting Kindle Edition

by David Freed (Author), James Millar (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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By turns informative and irreverent this book takes a new approach to tackling gender inequality in the home and at work, focusing on dads being entitled to a bigger role in parenting. It presents the barriers men face to being active dads – from sexist security guards to Tory MPs and even Homer Simpson - and, crucially, it outlines how to tackle them for the good of men, women and children. In Dads Don’t Babysit two dads outline some of the biggest problems facing families that want dad to get his turn at raising the kids, and offer a range of solutions in a manifesto for parents and policy makers to consider and hopefully adopt. The book tackles topics such as the gender pay gap, lack of a strong parental leave system in the UK, the financial penalties of taking time off to look after children and the limiting expectations parents find colleagues, relatives and the media have on mums and dads. The authors draw on their own experience of parenting and that of others. Interviews are backed up by extensive research so that the book presents these important issues in an accessible, personal and at times light-hearted way that the apolitical reader will be able to relate to. There is a lively and growing argument about men’s role in the 21st century and this book offers a unique perspective, giving a feminist argument by men offering solutions to benefit everyone.
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    September 14, 2018
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07NDY1QX6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ortus Press; 1st edition (September 14, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 14, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3373 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 359 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

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L. Dinwiddy
5.0 out of 5 stars It’s an essential read for anyone with a passion for equal parenting
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 10, 2018
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This is a superb book, well-argued and backed up with solid references. I’d say it was essential reading for anyone seeking to understand and promote an #equallives agenda.

Crucially it seeks to answer the questions - why are fathers sometimes unwilling, but more often unable to share the pleasures of parenting?

It’s an essential read for anyone with a passion for equal parenting, where Mums and Dads get true choice as to how they divide their childcare. Dads get to work flexibility if that’s what best for them and their family. And neither sex is judged for what they want / need from their work life balance.

Because when Men are treated equally as parents everyone wins!

Ian Dinwiddy , Inspiring Dads Ltd
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L. Dinwiddy
5.0 out of 5 stars It’s an essential read for anyone with a passion for equal parenting
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 10, 2018
This is a superb book, well-argued and backed up with solid references. I’d say it was essential reading for anyone seeking to understand and promote an #equallives agenda.

Crucially it seeks to answer the questions - why are fathers sometimes unwilling, but more often unable to share the pleasures of parenting?

It’s an essential read for anyone with a passion for equal parenting, where Mums and Dads get true choice as to how they divide their childcare. Dads get to work flexibility if that’s what best for them and their family. And neither sex is judged for what they want / need from their work life balance.

Because when Men are treated equally as parents everyone wins!

Ian Dinwiddy , Inspiring Dads Ltd
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5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing perspective on a topic that really matters
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 29, 2018
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A very welcome and empowering reexamination of what it means to be a Dad, and a challenge to many of the too often lazy prejudices we frequently succumb to when we think about what it means to be a Dad (and Mum). Well-argued and marshalls a range of evidence convingly throughout. Would thoroughly recommend for anyone who is, or hopes one day to enjoy the blessing of being, a parent. I really hope this goes at least some way to redressing public perceptions about being a dad - and that this is translated to other languages to reach parts of the world beyond the UK where such ideas are sorely in need too.
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Daniel Knight
3.0 out of 5 stars Can't argue with the ideas, but didn't get on with the written style
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2020
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I should say first off that I went into this book already fully bought into the ideas it presents. It's 'preaching to the converted' here. In respect to the ideas and concepts, it puts across solid arguments backed up with research that I think lots of people should read. No complaints here.

The trouble I'm having with it though is that it just seems a little verbose - the writers lament over the same points for what feels like page upon page, writing essentially the same thing again just using different words. I feel like you could cut this book in half and lose no actual content or insight. But maybe that's the point - if you're reading this as someone who is new to the ideas, repetition could be used as a tool to help persuade you to buy into the ideas. But for me, I just find myself getting frustrated by it and wanted to just skip huge sections entirely.
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