Parenting doesn’t have to mean doing it all alone. 💗
Real relief from parenting stress comes when we share the load with partners, family and community. As The Conversation Africa explains, shared care helps parents ease pressure, find balance and rediscover joy in everyday life.
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Understanding the Eligible Dependant Tax Credit in Canada
Single parents: Did you know your child may qualify as an eligible dependant if you're separated or divorced? This credit can reduce your taxable income by about $2,000!
Important: If you pay child support, you cannot claim this credit.
Learn more about #SharedParenting and #TaxCredits: https://to.dtsw.ca/EligibleDependentCreditsInfo-2
Grundsätzlich soll jeder nach der Scheidung für sich selbst sorgen. Wann ich dem Ex trotzdem wirklich Unterhalt zahlen muss, richtet sich nach Kriterien wie Kinderbetreuung oder Krankheit. Hier werden die gesetzlichen Regelungen und Ausnahmen dargelegt. #unterhalt #trennung #familienrecht #kindeswohl #sharedparenting
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When Statues Become Fathers: Creative Street Art on Equal Parenting
What happens when male statues become fathers for a day? A creative campaign in Sweden is challenging traditional norms about parenting roles.
Imagine a bronze statue of a stoic leader, now wearing a bright pink baby sling with a doll nestled inside. On International Men’s Day, November 19th, male statues across Sweden were adorned with baby slings and carriers as part of a unique campaign to spotlight unequal parenting responsibilities.
Traditionally representing power, labor, or other masculine attributes, these statues were reimagined to symbolize fathers as caregivers. The campaign, organized by the think tank Arena Idé, is part of the #kvantitetstidspappan initiative, aimed at encouraging fathers to spend more time with their children and urging employers to play a larger role in enabling this.
Despite Sweden’s globally recognized parental leave policies, significant disparities remain. Swedish fathers take only 30.9% of parental leave days and 38% of sick leave to care for children.
A recent Novus survey, conducted in collaboration with Make Equal, further reveals that expectations around parental leave remain unequal in Swedish workplaces. Through this campaign, Arena Idé hopes to challenge these norms and has proposed an employer bonus for workplaces that encourage an equal division of parental leave.
The statues involved in the campaign—such as Standing Man in Umeå, Det svenska tungsinnet in Malmö, and Hjalmar Branting in Stockholm—were decorated with dolls in baby slings and carriers.
This created a contrast between the statues’ traditional symbolism and the modern role of engaged fathers.
The initiative draws inspiration from the UK-based group The Dad Shift, which earlier this year launched a similar campaign highlighting gaps in Britain’s parental leave policies.
Vilgot Österlund, a statistician at Arena Idé, emphasizes the importance of changing workplace norms: “When discussing gender equality in workplaces, the focus is often on women and the negative consequences of inequality for them. But here, we see that men are also losing out on something invaluable—time with their children. Through the statue campaign, the new statistics, and our proposals, we hope to make this clearer!”
Read more about the campaign and the proposed reforms in the original article by Arena Idé: Link to the original article.
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How do you perceive the use of public art to challenge parenting norms? Can such initiatives drive societal change? We invite you to share your perspectives in the comments below.
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Idag på den internationella mansdagen har manliga statyer runt om i Sverige klätts med bärsjalar och bärselar – från Det svenska tungsinnet i Malmö till Standing Man i Umeå. De som satt upp bärsjalarna är helt vanliga pappor, men bakom initiativet står tankesmedjan Arena Idé med kampanjen #kvantitetstidspappan. Syftet? Att uppmärksamma det ojämställda föräldraskapet och […]
Had a long call with the ex wife about the way she’s allowing our kids to opt out of sleeping over at mine. Made it clear that this needs to stop. After much protest from her (90 mins on the phone), she’s agreed to meet to come up with a plan.
I’ve temporarily moved my finger away from the ‘get solicitor involved’ nuclear button.
I have many other difficult issues to address with her - including renegotiating monthly maintenance payments 😬
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