A new report by the Family Strategic Partnership (FSP), a consortium of four organisations - Barnardo’s, Action for Prisoners’ Families, Children England and the Family and Parenting Institute - warns that a culture shift is needed in ‘mother-centred’ family services, because they often treat dads as invisible.
According to the FSP, services from pregnancy care to housing support are driving fathers away from their children as they do not value them.
The Department for Education funded report, ‘Are we nearly there yet, Dad?, which features six young fathers’ journeys into fatherhood and examples of good practice, says that maternity services and children’s centres fail to even ask about fathers.
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