Fathers should get equal paternity leave.

[Lida93]

Companionship is one of the most important connections human beings crave, most especially from one's spouse. For a woman who has just given birth, it would be a very nice feeling if they could have their husbands beside them during this process.

Childbirth is a biological process that is normal, but also takes a toll on the psychological and mental health of both parents. Though men hardly show their emotions, but if you've met a man who lost a child and seen how broken he was, you will understand that the pain and joy of nurturing a child doesn't only depend on the mother.

The man also deserves leave because childbearing is a family thing,  both the mother and child need the man's support, care, and protection, as well as a great bond as a family, not just a mother-to-child bond, but rather a parent-to-child bond.

Making money available to the family to have provisions for everything mother and would child need to stay comfortable should be what a man should bother himself with mostly. If am taking a leave to stay at home what my newly born child and mother what am I staying to do? Is It to change diaper, breastfeed the child  or what?

Women are giving childbirth leave:
To give them time to heal.
Get them psychologically fit from the labour process stress. Etc.

What is a man taking the leave for?

[Yucky]

Companionship is one of the most important connections human beings crave, most especially from one's spouse. For a woman who has just given birth, it would be a very nice feeling if they could have their husbands beside them during this process.

Childbirth is a biological process that is normal, but also takes a toll on the psychological and mental health of both parents. Though men hardly show their emotions, but if you've met a man who lost a child and seen how broken he was, you will understand that the pain and joy of nurturing a child doesn't only depend on the mother.

The man also deserves leave because childbearing is a family thing,  both the mother and child need the man's support, care, and protection, as well as a great bond as a family, not just a mother-to-child bond, but rather a parent-to-child bond.

Making money available to the family to have provisions for everything mother and would child need to stay comfortable should be what a man should bother himself with mostly. If am taking a leave to stay at home what my newly born child and mother what am I staying to do? Is It to change diaper, breastfeed the child  or what?

Women are giving childbirth leave:
To give them time to heal.
Get them psychologically fit from the labour process stress. Etc.

What is a man taking the leave for?

I believe that both parents should plan ahead financially for a child. A one- or two-month leave shouldn't lead to financial struggles. Childbirth isn't unexpected; it's a nine-month process. Parents should have investments.

Working couples, mom and dad, deserve support during this time. Maternal leave is essential, and paternal leave should also be considered. Women go through postpartum recovery, and having a supportive partner is crucial. While family members may help, having your partner alongside you makes a significant difference.

Paternal leave, even if just one month, allows men to bond with their child and support their partner. It's not necessary to choose between work and family; remote or hybrid work arrangements can provide flexibility.

Childbirth affects both parents emotionally. Men can experience depression due to societal expectations of toughness. Paternal leave acknowledges their emotional struggles and allows them to support their partner's physical and emotional healing, bond with their baby, adjust and appreciate fatherhood.

Paternal leave period can be shorter than women's, but it's should be a thing. Both parents should have financial plan before the baby arrives so that can prioritize family .

Fatherhood is more than providing; it includes being present and involved too. And it's not a crime for men to learn basic childcare skills like changing diapers and bathing. Making a child is a joint effort, raising a child should be a joint effort too with unique contributions from both parties.

[Minor Miner]

Companionship is one of the most important connections human beings crave, most especially from one's spouse. For a woman who has just given birth, it would be a very nice feeling if they could have their husbands beside them during this process.

Childbirth is a biological process that is normal, but also takes a toll on the psychological and mental health of both parents. Though men hardly show their emotions, but if you've met a man who lost a child and seen how broken he was, you will understand that the pain and joy of nurturing a child doesn't only depend on the mother.

The man also deserves leave because childbearing is a family thing,  both the mother and child need the man's support, care, and protection, as well as a great bond as a family, not just a mother-to-child bond, but rather a parent-to-child bond.

Making money available to the family to have provisions for everything mother and would child need to stay comfortable should be what a man should bother himself with mostly. If am taking a leave to stay at home what my newly born child and mother what am I staying to do? Is It to change diaper, breastfeed the child  or what?

Women are giving childbirth leave:
To give them time to heal.
Get them psychologically fit from the labour process stress. Etc.

What is a man taking the leave for?

I believe that both parents should plan ahead financially for a child. A one- or two-month leave shouldn't lead to financial struggles. Childbirth isn't unexpected; it's a nine-month process. Parents should have investments.

Working couples, mom and dad, deserve support during this time. Maternal leave is essential, and paternal leave should also be considered. Women go through postpartum recovery, and having a supportive partner is crucial. While family members may help, having your partner alongside you makes a significant difference.

Paternal leave, even if just one month, allows men to bond with their child and support their partner. It's not necessary to choose between work and family; remote or hybrid work arrangements can provide flexibility.

Childbirth affects both parents emotionally. Men can experience depression due to societal expectations of toughness. Paternal leave acknowledges their emotional struggles and allows them to support their partner's physical and emotional healing, bond with their baby, adjust and appreciate fatherhood.

Paternal leave period can be shorter than women's, but it's should be a thing. Both parents should have financial plan before the baby arrives so that can prioritize family .

Fatherhood is more than providing; it includes being present and involved too. And it's not a crime for men to learn basic childcare skills like changing diapers and bathing. Making a child is a joint effort, raising a child should be a joint effort too with unique contributions from both parties.

Have you ever been a father? Every father loves his children but I bet they can hardly be with their children as long as any mother, let alone take care of newborns and postpartum mothers. It sounds simple but it is not and not many men can do it. If you conduct a poll of fathers, they will tell you that between the choice of going to work and staying home to care for their children, they would choose to go to work instead of staying home as you think.

Also, of course any couple will prepare financially and plan before having a baby, but you need to know that not everyone has a stable economy to the point of having enough money to spend for 2 to 3 months without going to work. Not to mention there will be unexpected expenses that we cannot foresee.
Caring for a child can cost 2 or 3 times more than you originally planned and even more if you want the best for your child.

I am a father of 2 and I can tell you I have experience in this. So I think men don't need to take leave when their wives give birth. If it were me, I would also turn down that offer and continue working to earn more money because I want the best for my child.

If you truly love your wife and children, you will know how to organize your work, time and spend time with them without interrupting your life. If you can do that, you are a responsible father, husband and man.

[Lida93]

Companionship is one of the most important connections human beings crave, most especially from one's spouse. For a woman who has just given birth, it would be a very nice feeling if they could have their husbands beside them during this process.

Childbirth is a biological process that is normal, but also takes a toll on the psychological and mental health of both parents. Though men hardly show their emotions, but if you've met a man who lost a child and seen how broken he was, you will understand that the pain and joy of nurturing a child doesn't only depend on the mother.

The man also deserves leave because childbearing is a family thing,  both the mother and child need the man's support, care, and protection, as well as a great bond as a family, not just a mother-to-child bond, but rather a parent-to-child bond.

Making money available to the family to have provisions for everything mother and would child need to stay comfortable should be what a man should bother himself with mostly. If am taking a leave to stay at home what my newly born child and mother what am I staying to do? Is It to change diaper, breastfeed the child  or what?

Women are giving childbirth leave:
To give them time to heal.
Get them psychologically fit from the labour process stress. Etc.

What is a man taking the leave for?

I believe that both parents should plan ahead financially for a child. A one- or two-month leave shouldn't lead to financial struggles. Childbirth isn't unexpected; it's a nine-month process. Parents should have investments.

Well, you're not wrong about both parents having to financially plan for expected child but that's mostly a responsibility of the father to which the woman can always help in where she can assist in the plan. And of course it's not an accidental occurrence which is why any to be parent would have made some savings ahead within the next  nine months towards it.

Working couples, mom and dad, deserve support during this time. Maternal leave is essential, and paternal leave should also be considered. Women go through postpartum recovery, and having a supportive partner is crucial. While family members may help, having your partner alongside you makes a significant difference.

Being a supportive partner isn't anything that has to be achieved given a leave period and, that a paternal leave isn't given to the man doesn't mean he can't bond with his family on weekends. Moreover, family member like the man's mum or the woman's mum coming to spend weeks or a month in helping to give care to both the nursing mother and child makes the idea of paternal leave unnecessary.

[coolcoinz]

I don't see a need for a paternity leave, plus they need the full salary especially during that period where the wife cannot work

Paternity leave doesn't mean you didn't receive salary, you still get salary and you don't have to work.

I'm totally against that to be honest.

Both mother and father should have guarantees from the employer that they won't be let go if they take a break due to childbirth, but they both should not get any compensation in that time. They do not work, right? So why should they be paid?

When you decide to have a child you should have a certain amount of savings. In other words, you plan for it.

[bestcandy]

Companionship is one of the most important connections human beings crave, most especially from one's spouse. For a woman who has just given birth, it would be a very nice feeling if they could have their husbands beside them during this process.

Childbirth is a biological process that is normal, but also takes a toll on the psychological and mental health of both parents. Though men hardly show their emotions, but if you've met a man who lost a child and seen how broken he was, you will understand that the pain and joy of nurturing a child doesn't only depend on the mother.

The man also deserves leave because childbearing is a family thing,  both the mother and child need the man's support, care, and protection, as well as a great bond as a family, not just a mother-to-child bond, but rather a parent-to-child bond.

I think it's not necessary for a man and woman to have equal leave after childbirth. Infact, I don't even think if a man deserve to go for leave because during childbirth the woman have more responsibilities than the man, she carry the child in her belly for good nine months and during childbirth her body system undergoes many processes that affect her physically and mentally and after the childbirth it will take the woman more time to regain her strenght so considering the process a woman go through during childbirth, I believe the woman need more leave than the man

[Scarlett_23]

Companionship is one of the most important connections human beings crave, most especially from one's spouse. For a woman who has just given birth, it would be a very nice feeling if they could have their husbands beside them during this process.

Childbirth is a biological process that is normal, but also takes a toll on the psychological and mental health of both parents. Though men hardly show their emotions, but if you've met a man who lost a child and seen how broken he was, you will understand that the pain and joy of nurturing a child doesn't only depend on the mother.

The man also deserves leave because childbearing is a family thing,  both the mother and child need the man's support, care, and protection, as well as a great bond as a family, not just a mother-to-child bond, but rather a parent-to-child bond.

A mother has many physical and mental problems.  As a result of physical changes, many complications are created, then there is mental tension.  So I think maternity and paternity leave are definitely needed when the baby is born, but the leave needs to be a little different.  For example, after the birth of a child, the mother is physically and mentally tired and needs a lot of time to recover, so the mother has to take leave for a certain number of months.  A father, on the other hand, has a lot of stress but is not physically affected so he can usually return to work within a few days.  The father is required to stay by the wife's side after the child is born.  If the father is present during childbirth, the protection and care of mother and child is ensured.

[franky1]

another thing to note..

a woman cannot get re-pregnant whilst already pregnant. and such they cannot do end-to-end maternity leave non stop.. however a guy can lay multiple woman and if granted paternity leave per pregnancy seeded by him, could end up never having to work again simply by spreading his progeny across many woman to claim multiple paternity leaves per year

[Wranglerusa]

It depends on which state, if the matriarchy does not give a man a vacation.

[Mr steve22]

Aptly correct. Men need it to help us heal emotionally not just women who give birth. I’m talking from experience. I was safe when my boss knows I was really breakdown due to excessive stress from work and to meet my family needs and that of my wife who was put to birth.

[Hispo]

I think it would be indeed nice of father could also enjoy some time with their new-born child and with their spouse, who just gave birth. It is not about the bond there could exist between the father and the son , but also all the help the man could provide to the woman during the recovering process. Helping her by providing care, food, companionship, taking care of the child when she is too tired to do so, among other things.

Though, I doubt we will ever see such laws in support for married men, because the current tendency is to enhance laws protecting women's rights and ignoring those who mostly focus on men, as if we did not mattered as much as they do in the first place. That is specially true in western countries.

So I would not expect to see that law to pass through legislation in my life time.

[Gentle_Soul]

Companionship is one of the most important connections human beings crave, most especially from one's spouse. For a woman who has just given birth, it would be a very nice feeling if they could have their husbands beside them during this process.

Childbirth is a biological process that is normal, but also takes a toll on the psychological and mental health of both parents. Though men hardly show their emotions, but if you've met a man who lost a child and seen how broken he was, you will understand that the pain and joy of nurturing a child doesn't only depend on the mother.

The man also deserves leave because childbearing is a family thing,  both the mother and child need the man's support, care, and protection, as well as a great bond as a family, not just a mother-to-child bond, but rather a parent-to-child bond.

Maternity leave mostly have been just to the mother who just gave birth to the child I do not want to disagree with men having sometime with their family after the birth of there child but I think the situation should call for it and if need be the man can be given less duties to have sometime to spend with his family at least during the period maternity leave if he can not be granted full time leave .

[GiftedMAN]

another thing to note..

a woman cannot get re-pregnant whilst already pregnant. and such they cannot do end-to-end maternity leave non stop.. however a guy can lay multiple woman and if granted paternity leave per pregnancy seeded by him, could end up never having to work again simply by spreading his progeny across many woman to claim multiple paternity leaves per year

This is deep as my inner mind kept communicating to my true self if this thing can happen in reality because the man that should be granted a paternity leave will be married but since everything is possible and the man choosing to do according to what you have said, is he then going to be married with so many women or he will end up having an affair with different women and getting them pregnant ? I believe before the issue of paternity leave will be passed into law there are some rules that will be followed before doing so.