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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a woman, I think paternity leave is fantastic. It should be equal in length to maternity leave, and men should be strongly encouraged or even required to take the full amount. [/quote]

[b]I wish we had the set up other countries had where you get a few weeks of concurrent leave and then parents have to take their leave separately. So both parents are home when the baby is born, then usually dad goes to work while mom stays home for a bit (makes sense since women are still recovering from birth plus if they breastfeed that's a critical time), then mom goes to work while Dad stays home alone with the baby, then baby goes into childcare.[/b]

Having parents take concurrent leave sometimes doesn't actually help with men stepping up because people revert to traditional roles and the mom still does most things and dad "helps". If men have to take parental leave alone with the baby, they figure out how to do it and become more confident, competent parents. That is what makes the difference in countries where men participate in parenting more equally -- they aren't just around, they are taking on an independent role.

This also helps women with returning to work since she's leaving the baby with Dad instead of a stranger. It's harder fur women due to hormones, so bridging the gap with a family caregiver can make a big difference in women returning to the workforce and also adjusting to leaving their babies in someone else's care.[/quote]

At most of the places I have worked, including Big4, this is what 90% of the men did. It makes the most sense. At one job you had to be the primary caregiver to get paternity leave which meant you couldn't have both parents there at the same time to stagger the leave but you could use PTO for the birth of the  child then argue primary caregiver when the woman went back to work.[/quote]

Most Dads in my office do this as did my husband.  It's good for Dad to get one on one time with the baby.   My husband took our sons all over. [/quote]

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