flexible work exists primarily for 'new middle class'/professional- managerial strata/salariat jobs, correct?...which puts some of these folks in the 'vanguard' of shared parenting...of course, evidence indicates that couples professing a commitment to such mantain conventional divisions of labor that produce unequal & uneven responsibilities...seems that no matter how cosmopolitan or how 'sensitive & understanding' the male, the burden of childcare rests firmly with women ..Michael Hoover