Feeling his infant son asleep on his chest in a BabyBjörn while pitching new clients. Dancing with his 7-year-old daughter to cheer on mom before her weekly partners’ meeting. Being home in the evening to read stories to his twins, complete with making up voices for each character.
How Working Dads Can Keep Pulling Their Weight at Home When WFH Ends
Once they return to the office, many fathers will need to be more proactive about fulfilling their share of parenting responsibilities.
July 22, 2021
Summary.
The pandemic shift to remote work led to a profound change for the better in many households: Dads were home. As part of an ongoing longitudinal study on working fathers, researchers heard that these parents wanted to maintain active roles in their children’s lives as offices re-open. This is good news all around. There are benefits to working fathers being more involved at home not just for their children and their female partners (who traditionally bear an outsized burden when it comes to caregiving), but also for the fathers themselves and their organizations. The authors argue that to continue to see these benefits working fathers will need to be proactive in not reverting to pre-pandemic routines and behaviors.
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