My most surprising discovery of the week has to be Jeff Brazier's column in The Daily Mirror.
It focuses on Jeff's role as a father of two boys, and at the end he answers readers' parenting questions - mums' as well as dads'. He comes across a loving, committed father, and from what I've seen his advice seems sound enough. His accounts of everyday life are peppered with celebrity gossip, of course - but as that's the world he inhabits, it feels natural he should write about it. And it's the side order rather than the main course - which is exactly what work should be for all of us!
This is the first time I've seen a British tabloid newspaper give a man space to be primarily a dad - and, most refreshingly, to give him the role of parenting 'expert'.
Would I be going too far if I were to herald this as a sign of cultural shift?
*No, I'm not a regular reader...I stumbled across it while searching for something else. Honestly! Well that's my story anyway, and I'm sticking to it.
It focuses on Jeff's role as a father of two boys, and at the end he answers readers' parenting questions - mums' as well as dads'. He comes across a loving, committed father, and from what I've seen his advice seems sound enough. His accounts of everyday life are peppered with celebrity gossip, of course - but as that's the world he inhabits, it feels natural he should write about it. And it's the side order rather than the main course - which is exactly what work should be for all of us!
This is the first time I've seen a British tabloid newspaper give a man space to be primarily a dad - and, most refreshingly, to give him the role of parenting 'expert'.
Would I be going too far if I were to herald this as a sign of cultural shift?
*No, I'm not a regular reader...I stumbled across it while searching for something else. Honestly! Well that's my story anyway, and I'm sticking to it.
