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Fathers and new babies.

Eddie Mair | 11:32 UK time, Monday, 14 April 2008

PA reports: "Fathers should be allowed to stay overnight with their new-born child on postnatal hospital wards as part of a plan to involve them more in parenthood, a new report urged today. The Fatherhood Institute said there was a huge amount of evidence showing that a father's involvement from birth brought "profound" benefits to children. The think tank published an action plan aimed at offering more support to new fathers, including more engagement with midwives and doctors and the right to stay overnight on postnatal wards."

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