Parents As Partners is a Waikato-based lobby group that has been leading the charge for better recognition of parenting for many years. When the time comes for congratulations to be passed around when Income Splitting is finally enacted then a huge congrats would be owed to Christine of Hamilton. She has been a tireless worker for the right of parents to be treated as equal partners in parenting.
Her group Parents As Partners aims to enable parents to "establish a partnership for the support of their family;
that we as parents are workers, and that our work is vitally important for the well-being of our society and the economy.
the value of "mother or father-in-the-home". In the context of a recognised partnership they would achieve economic visibility.
the right of parents to share their income for tax purposes by means of the partnership.
that the tasks of income earning and care giving are of equal importance for the family, and that the parents should be free to divide those tasks between them as they see fit, without economic constraints on one or other choice."
Parents Choice '08 wishes the team at Parents As Partners every success in the movement towards greater recognition of parenting. Check out their website at: www.parentsaspartners.org.nz
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