Emphasising the need for fathers to be central to children’s upbringing, Loughton said government must ensure fathers are recognised in policy and must make it easier for professionals to engage with them.
He said: The big society, which will involve many young people, is a good opportunity for this kind of work to be taken further and wider, with fathers playing a fuller role in their local communities and being encouraged to get involved in their schools, children’s centres and youth clubs far more than has been the case in the past."
He said that creating a more supportive government "means working harder to ensure fathers are recognised in public policy-making, and it means making life easier for the professionals who have to engage them".
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