Most dads would rather work part-time

One
in three fathers-to-be would rather be house-husbands than workers, according
to a survey for Pregnancy and Birth magazine.

It
also finds the majority of men do not wish to continue working full-time after
having children.

However,
the poll of 2,000 pregnant women and their partners shows that financial
worries kept men at work.

Elena
Dalrymple, editor of the magazine, said: "Men want to be fathers just as
much as women want to be mothers.

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"Modern
fathers pour their life and soul into fatherhood and should have the same or
similar rights to mothers."

By
Quentin Reade