Are children affected differently by mothers and fathers paid work and family conflicts?
Primarily every child is different and there are myriad of generalisations that you could make about children and the absence of either the mother or father from the home due to work commitments. As a parent who works and is not the primary carer I understand the importance of quality time with my child and I am also grateful to the extensive support network that my nuclear family is surrounded by. I would argue that it can be very positive for children to grow up and have an opportunity to bond tightly with carers that are not primarily their mother. Not only for children to have strong connections with their father but also with their grandparents or other members of the extended family. Historically childcare was done by a network of people within your kinship ties and it is only in recent times that the nuclear family has emerged as the “norm.” The other side I see is in a professional context and that is as a youth worker rather then as a parent. That other side is young people wh
