The Flexible Working Regulations are not just for working mothers. Fathers have the right to request flexible working too. For any parent it can be a godsend to have the flexibility to work around school hours and domestic responsibiloities, to have the option of occasional remote working, flexitime or term-time working. It can make the difference between a bearable work-life balance and the kind of stress that reduces optomim performance at work and causes problems at home.