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Are dad's pulling their weight?

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May 21, 201314:22Society & Culture

There are now 6,000 more full-time stay-at-home dads than a decade ago according to National Office for Statistics figures. But a new book suggests that fathers are still routinely shirking childcare in and out of workin...

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