Motherhood, fatherhood and childhood are all changing.
FPI publication Family Trends charts the dramatic changes in UK family life over the past four decades – and anticipates further radical shifts in these roles in the decade ahead.
This title predicts that fathers' lives are set to alter over the next decade. Shifting attitudes among fathers, mothers' increased engagement in the labour market and impacts of the UK’s economic downturn suggest that the time fathers spend with their children will continue to increase.
However, Family Trends also reveals it may become more likely that fathers live apart from their children. As co-habitation rates continue to rise, it has been estimated that 65 per cent of co-habiting relationships into which a child is born dissolve. This is more than twice the rate for equivalent married couples.
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