This week’s topic for The Sun-Herald’s weekly column The Loaded Dog is: 

As we prepare to celebrate Fathers’ Day on Sunday, are men given enough time to be great fathers? Do bosses give men with family commitments the same job flexibility as working mothers?  Can businesses afford a level playing field for working parents?

We invite entries of no more than 150 words. Please send them to loadeddog@sunherald.com.au by 10am on Friday.

Please include your full name, email address, telephone number and the suburb where you live.

With a nod to Henry Lawson’s popular tale of the same name, The Loaded Dog is a forum for readers to debate an “explosive” subject each week.

Rick Feneley, Editor