I recently attended the Family and Parenting Institute event with shadow education secretary Michael Gove (CYP Now, 23-29 January).
Although Gove was questioned about faith schools, there were other important issues parents such as myself wanted to raise but didn't get the chance on the day.
My question is: where is the support for mothers at home? Most of those who travelled to London for the event were mothers at home. There was a question about childcare during hospital stays but hardly any mention of childcare for the purposes of returning to work. I spoke to at least four parents who strongly agreed it was a shame that, yet again, this topic wasn't pursued in greater depth.
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