To set the scene, Mary and her husband have a business which requires a lot of international travel. While this may sound glamorous, to raise three boys while dad is away at least 30% of the time, was a challenge. Mary was confronted with certain behaviours when she was parenting alone compared to when their dad was home. But both dual and single parenting brought its different flavours of challenges in raising the boys.
Below, in her own words Mary talks with great clarity and insight about her experience.

We often have great expectations of how men should be with their daughters, and these can be a real weight to carry. We spoke to Steve who is father of five, with three children from previous marriages and two children with his wife of 33 years. All of Steve’s children are girls. Steve told me that the strongest sense he had when the girls were young was how much they needed to be protected. In his own words...