User:Bubblyian/Primary parent

Primary Parent or Primary carer is a term to describe the parent who has most parenting time with the children after separation. The other parent is then known as the secondary parent - arguably less perjorative than terms like single parent (when in fact there are two parents) or Parent With Care.

The Primary carer or parent is overwhelmingly the mother in the UK, with around 90% of primary carers being mothers.

In the UK, the status of primary carer is crucial as there is an effective winner takes all (Benefits) system, whereby 100% of the rewards for being a parent go the primary carer, normally the mother and none to the secondary carer, normally the father.

Organisations such as Families Need Fathers are campaigning to try and remove this alleged indirect discrimination and prejudice in calling for a presumption of shared parenting and equal separation of parenting time after separation, as happens with financial matters following a divorce.