Tories family plans: one step forward, two steps back for dads

David Willett – outlined Tory plans today

Tory ministers yesterday previewed a green paper which proposes more rights for dads to see their kids. The reforms would be good news for fathers if they were not set amongst a series of potentially unhelpful family policies which would cancel out any potential benefits of the plans.

Speaking [...]

Losing a child - a fate worse than death?

The Daily Record today reported that a Scottish man took his own life to be with his dead son – highlighting the devastating effect of losing a child.

Allan Hogg,30, strangled himself in what appears to be a suicide pact after his eight-year old son Connor died in a car crash. His wife Kelly is quoted [...]

Exposed: the dads who avoid bedtime

It’s official: nearly half of UK dads don’t get back from work until after their sprogs get to bed. The Daily Mail today put this down to the frantic pace of modern life.

However, most fathers know the real reason why they’re not around to put their little ones in their cots; putting a child down is [...]

Giggs proves there's never a bad time to embarrass your kids

Ryan Giggs proved last night that there is no place unfit for a dad to embarrass his children- showing that it can even be done whilst accepting a national award live on TV.

At the end of a humble acceptance speech in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award , the Manchester United winger took [...]

Children’s services: poor. Fathers’ services: invisible

Today’s report by Ofsted that nearly a third of local children’s services are ‘adequate’or ‘poor’ will no doubt shock many dads. It will be especially worrying for those who live in the ten ‘poor’ rated areas, including Haringey, the area embroiled in the recent Baby P scandal.

What is more surprising is that the ‘comperehensive’ review [...]

Finally a hero dad who survived

Today’s Daily Mail ran a story about a ‘hero’ dad who donated an organ to his dying child. It’s pretty impressive to be named a hero and survive unscthed. Most ‘hero’ dads get beaten senseless, die in a war or go to jail. Still, a grueling operation sounds pretty rough. It’s probably easier to stick [...]