Data shows that many are ready to change their own lives and ultimately society. They just need policies to speed that process

Like many men of my generation, I wanted to be a more present father than my own had been.

I was one of the lucky ones, because I managed to spend my son’s early years as a part-time stay-at-home dad. And I was able to do this because my chosen profession, journalism, was one of the first to embrace – or at least allow – working from home. I could get away with freelancing and organising work around my caregiving time.

Jeremy Davies is a writer and researcher based at the Fatherhood Institute

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