Tracy McVeigh - The Observer, Sunday 29 January 2012 The number of British fathers giving up work to look after their children is growing, but policy makers are still failing to understand the phenomenon Edmund Farrow is facing redundancy. For 11 years he has worked up to 90 hours a week, looking after Matthew,...

Why stay-at-home dads are still the invisible men of the house - The Guardian, The Observer

Tracy McVeigh - The Observer, Sunday 29 January 2012 The number of British fathers giving up work to look after their children is growing, but policy makers are still failing to understand the phenomenon Edmund Farrow is facing redundancy. For 11 years he has worked up to 90 hours a week, looking after Matthew,...

Adoption in England: A failing system

Adoption lawyers have seen the level of adoption in the UK fall to an all time low. In 2010/11, a total of 60 babies were adopted. This figure alone is alarmingly low, but when you take into account that those 60 babies adopted were out a total of 3,050, it becomes even more tragic. At the moment a child will spend on average 2.7 years in care b...