Comments on: Who Cares? http://pinktape.co.uk/2009/05/who-cares/ a blog from the family bar Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: underbrella http://pinktape.co.uk/2009/05/who-cares/#comment-532 underbrella Fri, 08 May 2009 17:19:05 +0000 http://pinktape.co.uk/?p=596#comment-532 Before we adopted LML we made a choice that we would change our work to fit into our new commitment. I moved jobs to reduce my working week and my partner returned from adoption leave to work part-time, and we share the care of our daughter pretty evenly. I remember we were once at some appointment with LML and the professional asked GM, 'Are you the primary carer?' and how riled I felt. I think it is because the 'non-traditional set-ups' are just that, not the 'norm'. The language hasn't developed to express the diversity and nuances of the 'modern family'. Before we adopted LML we made a choice that we would change our work to fit into our new commitment. I moved jobs to reduce my working week and my partner returned from adoption leave to work part-time, and we share the care of our daughter pretty evenly.

I remember we were once at some appointment with LML and the professional asked GM, ‘Are you the primary carer?’ and how riled I felt. I think it is because the ‘non-traditional set-ups’ are just that, not the ‘norm’. The language hasn’t developed to express the diversity and nuances of the ‘modern family’.

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