Workplace and money worries thwart dads' wish to stay home with kids

By Cosima Marriner
Updated September 6 2015 - 8:08am, first published 7:19am
Women feel more confident returning to work once their baby is six months old if the father is taking over as primary carer, according to Monash University social work lecturer Samone McCurdy. Photo: Fairfax
Women feel more confident returning to work once their baby is six months old if the father is taking over as primary carer, according to Monash University social work lecturer Samone McCurdy. Photo: Fairfax

More than eight out of 10 fathers would like to spend time being the primary carer of their baby but only 2 per cent have actually done so, as men struggle to reconcile their role as family breadwinner with their desire to be hands-on dads.

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