>>>And as for the term *full time mother* -
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>>I currently fulfill this role in our family.
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>I think a father can be a mother.
>Some men are naturally maternal.
All these different levels of quotes get me muddled. The thing is
though, that whilst I readily accept that some men can "be a mother" ,
I also believe the opposite.
I think it is possible for a Dr to be a full time GP and a good
father, for instance I see more of my children doing normal things (eg
school run, breakfast, tea, homework and bath time) than many of my
non medical friends despite a one in three rota currently.
However my own belief is that this also applies to a full time female
GP. I think, to misquote above, that a mother can be a father - and
this seems to me to be the consequence of working in full time
practice. Both parents working full time leaves the children with the
sense of having two father figures (one the mum and one the dad).
I do not want to imply a value judgement here.
My wife (a PhD doctor (a "real" doctor in her words)) works part-time,
I work full time. At the moment. Also at the moment our four children
are small (1 to 9). This suites us as a compromise - again at the
moment.
One of the problems of this dilemma as a GP is the inflexibility of
our working plans. As this come from the independent contractor idea
that I value so highly I have only proved the whole thing remains a
muddle for me....
Guy Watkins
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