Author Archives: Omar Salem

Employed fathers are paid £140 a week for any time they take off with their child during the 2 weeks of paterntity leave that is availble. Employed mothers can access 6 weeks maternity leave at 90% of their salary, but fathers cannot. Studies show that involved dads raise happier and healthier children, who have improvedContinue reading “Sign the petition for better parental leave for dads!”

To mark International Women’s Day, Better Daddies started a petition for dads to pledge to help gender equality by doing a fair share of childcare and household responsibilities. Greater involvement of fathers in childcare is good for women and gender equality. It will mean that the burden of childcare is more evenly shared between parents,Continue reading “Sign the Better Daddies pledge to help gender equality!”

I have always fancied my ability to cook up a meal for a special occaision but since my daughter started on solids, my reportoire of day-to-day cooking has expanded beyond ready meals and pasta. Here are my five favourite meals for toddlers, which fortunately my daughter doesn’t mind either! These are not the haute cuisineContinue reading “My 5 favourite meals for toddlers”

I love reading with my daughter, who has just turned two, so I thought I would share some of my favourite books to read with her, which are also very popular with her. I started planning to write a list of five books but I couldn’t keep the list that short, so it’s a listContinue reading “My 12 favourite books for toddlers”

The last year has been difficult for everyone, including fathers, who have faced their own particular challenges, whether that is economic difficulty, men disproportionately dying from Covid, the stress of the pandemic, home schooling children while also trying to work or not being able to support their partners during childbirth. Father’s day comes as weContinue reading “Covid’s been tough for fathers, let’s rebuild with a better and more modern role for dads”

My experience as a father, like many modern fathers, who want to be more involved in the care of their children has opened my eyes to the need for better support for fathers. That’s why this year my new year’s resolution is to do more to help make sure fathers have the best support possibleContinue reading “My new year’s resolution: helping dads be better dads”