Just seen a tweet by Emma Barnet (and RTed by WEP) where she was reacting to Rishi Sunak saying "We owe mums everywhere an enormous debt of thanks". Her response was, "Did you forget a parent group?"
I'm torn on it because, while men clearly should be stepping up, we know that actually women have been the ones most likely to take on the childcare and homeschooling and housework and have to give up or reduce their hours at work. So thanking parents instead of mums seems blind to the gendered nature of the situation to me.
I do very much doubt he's approaching it from a feminist perspective though, and women could do with more than just thanks right now - so I'm a little loathe to agree with him. But I do lean towards thinking he is right to phrase it like this.