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Opinion: Law firms’ flexible working policies – could do better

Its the presence of commenters like Helen and the chap who has caring responsibilities that this issue is watered down and will never be solved. Having a baby and looking after one is not the same as being a carer to an old woman. Your aged mother can get a a carer and has a whole sense of vulnerabilities that a child does not. Your old mother does not need you- but a child needs its mother. The latter is a little thing that needs its parents for development at every stage. Having a child is a responsibility. You do not just have a child and the choose who can look after it according to its needs. They are not clauses in a contract that can be looked at by different departments- children need continuity of care. Its a totally different situation to an aging mother. Please give me break on these parallels. Helen- the whole point is that most employers do not give money to make up for working days that are supposed to be off. Further as a woman its very sad that you think a dad with a caring responsibilty to an aging mother (the latter who has lived a huge part of her life and certainly should not be needing her son on a daily basis as much as an infant needs a parent) is the same as a woman who has a career and a baby- very very sad.

16-Feb-2010

3:37 pm