Nursery World - Lone fathers: Other half

Men who are the sole carers of their children need moral support but rarely know where to look for it. Joyce Reid meets some fathers who are looking out for each other

Toddler groups, playgroups, nurseries - they all need the help and support of parents. But if the parent is a father, how welcome will he be? This is something Jimmy Donald of One Parent Families Scotland would like everyone involved in the care of young children to consider. At the end of January, he helped set up a Lone Fathers' Support Centre in Edinburgh. 'Lone fathers feel very isolated,' he says. 'Policy and provision has not, until very recently, catered for lone fathers at all. They are only now being recognised as a group of people who need offers of help. I don't think people generally are aware of how many fathers are solely responsible for looking after their children.'

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