Last time I checked all the research with regards to this sort of thing (Attachment Theory) is very non-specific with regards to the gender of the primary attachment figure.
It's all about time spent actively engaging with the child.
And I do consider myself lucky that I'm in the position to 'have it all'.
I'm not absent in my child's life. I went back to work after the statutory minimum leave of 2 weeks, but I work from home and only part time on this pretty long-term, very much IR35-caught contract that's likely to see me go perm at the end of it. Most of the time I'm close by, even though he's the one looking after her while I work. We do have a childminder, but only for a couple of hours a week at the moment.
My poor 'damaged' baby...
It's all about time spent actively engaging with the child.
And I do consider myself lucky that I'm in the position to 'have it all'.
I'm not absent in my child's life. I went back to work after the statutory minimum leave of 2 weeks, but I work from home and only part time on this pretty long-term, very much IR35-caught contract that's likely to see me go perm at the end of it. Most of the time I'm close by, even though he's the one looking after her while I work. We do have a childminder, but only for a couple of hours a week at the moment.
My poor 'damaged' baby...
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