Posted on 27. May, 2003 by Brian Reid in General
Back from Memorial Day, far less rested than I began. So apologies in advance for brevity and spelling errors today. Two items on the docket: a Montreal Gazette article about shifting economic roles and how much more common it is becoming to see males in the role of primary caregiver. It deftly mixes the two types of at-home dads: those who were forced into and those who chose it, noting that a lot of men who turned to at-home dadism for economic reasons are loving the new gig.
Coincidently, the story also says that men are more and more willing to look for workplace flexibility. Why a coincidence? Take a look at this morning’s Dilbert in which evil HR director Catbert says “Let’s offer employees unpaid vacation time, as long as their managers approve it. Then we’ll downsize any work group that uses it, because it proves they’re overstaffed.” Screwing workers out of family-friendly opportunities remains true enough that the comics page can riff on it. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad one.