Working Dads – Equally Important
- 48% of working dads feel they don’t spend enough time with kids as against 26% of working moms*
- Working Dads feel guilty about not having enough play time, family day out, being impatient with kids, knowing less about parenting and dads role
Insights from ProEves Working Parents Survey on Appropriate Number of Paternity Leave **
78% of working fathers emphasise the need for at least a month of parenting leave, some of which can be spread across a year. A whopping 93% of working mothers feel that there is a need of more than a month of paternity leave. With nuclear families and evolving roles this is the need of the hour. Snapdeal’s campaign on #FathersCanBeMothersToo on Father’s Day of including sign of dads as well in the baby changing room is a very pertinent example and has been very well received by today’s working class. Many companies and individuals in senior and mid leadership positions are signing the #HeForShe campaign. It is important to live these values and be inclusive to the needs of working parents.
India Inc support to parents could go a long way
- 40% of India’s population is between 25 – 45 years (average age is 29) which coincides with the crucial parenthood stage.
- 80% of working population are parents
We would like to hear your views.
Source :* Pew research, Little Tikes , Forbes, indexmundi.com, ** ProEves survey with 80 working parents