Episode 29: Anna Whitehouse

<p>Anna Whitehouse is a journalist, author and radio presenter and the</p><p>founder of Mother Pukka, 'a platform for people who happen to be</p><p>parents'.&nbsp;She is a long-term campaigner in the fight for flexible</p><p>working for everyone.</p><p><br></p><p>We talked about the concept of family and how you can get trapped into</p><p>believing that 2.4 children and a white picket fence equals happiness;</p><p>we discussed flexible working hours and how other countries do it</p><p>better (yes I'm talking about the Netherlands and Sweden again!) and</p><p>we agreed that it is time to end the 1950s hapless dad trope - or as</p><p>she put it, "men don't want to just spunk and leave, they want to</p><p>parent!"</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>