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A man in another country looks after a baby for 50 minutes and its front page BBC news

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FFSFFSFFS · 05/03/2019 09:38

Just. Sigh.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47438208

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FFSFFSFFS · 05/03/2019 09:53

Another man holding a baby going above and beyond

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/professor-comforts-students-baby-during-lecture-after-babysitter-cancels_us_56f2b65fe4b04c4c3760b477

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FFSFFSFFS · 05/03/2019 09:51

Oh look - it's a man holding a baby again. Above and beyond.

abc13.com/society/so-sweet-texas-a-m-professor-babysits-during-class/2400744/

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FFSFFSFFS · 05/03/2019 09:49

The Daily Mail one is a man too.

If someone can find something similar where its a female teacher looking after the bubba I will take note...

I don't think the conscious point is that its about a man doing it - i.e. that's not the point of the article - I think it the subconscious bias. If it was a woman doing it it wouldn't be news.

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PreseaCombatir · 05/03/2019 09:48

Looking at this, it seems like they’re more praising the tutor, who held the baby so that the father could take ‘good notes’.
I think it’s nice to see tbh, just one of those things that have gone viral from being shared, and then gets reported on.
Reminds me of the female firefighter who was in the news for breastfeeding that hungry baby at the hospital.

killpop · 05/03/2019 09:46

I didn't read it like that at all.
Like it says in the article, it's a demonstration that more affordable childcare is needed.

RJnomore1 · 05/03/2019 09:44

I think it’s more about the teachers approach than the father isn’t it. If this was standard practice it would make life so much easier (maybe not holding the baby but being able to take them)
Although I’m sure I remember a news article about an oxford student who took her baby to all her classes years and years back 20 years or more possibly

Whatdoyouknowwhenyouknownowt · 05/03/2019 09:43

Just asked DH & a mum brought a baby to his class back in 2012...all day session for professional exams. She had no choice, so they managed but clearly didn't stick it all over social media.

Doglikeme · 05/03/2019 09:41

I understand this is the father but the point stands.

Doglikeme · 05/03/2019 09:41

I'd usually agree but I don't think this is to do with the fact that he's a man? He's gone above the call of duty here, a lot of mums don't / can't go back into education when they have a child which creates so many of the issues we are fighting as women, this person has made sure his student can continue to study? Why make this a bad thing?

glenthebattleostrich · 05/03/2019 09:40

Massive eye roll.

A woman would have been lambasted for not sorting childcare and daring to be a parent and a student.

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