Over recent decades dads have become more involved in pregnancy and raising children. When once they were excluded from the labour ward, now there are...
Tips on coping
Answering ‘how do dads cope?’ is difficult, precisely because everyone experiences grief differently. Having said that, ma...
Ten to seven on a Sunday morning, and the plaintive wails from the kids' room tells me that Evie, my youngest, is hungry. I stagger down to the kitche...
Early on in our experiences as parents, my wife and I quickly came to inhabit very specific, and separate, roles. She soon asserted herself as the str...
Frequently, for example, I forget to brush their hair in the morning (though not, mercifully, their teeth), and I'm no good at ponytails at all. We sn...
Nick Duerden had a struggle to get keen on fatherhood, as he explains in these extracts from his book, The Reluctant Father’s Club*. “Don&...
This is a good idea for many reasons, not least of which is that I don’t have to see it staring back at me on a daily basis.” "Our baby is...
Tips for keeping dads involved family life, as an important positive role model - with suggestions for activities and making the most of your time tog...
“I had it all planned – all the sentences ready about the importance of love and respect but I never said it. Then they grew up. I missed ...
Sex and relationships
“I got a book out of the library and said, ‘Look son, you don’t want me to tell you how it’s all ...