After Steve rushed his wife to the hospital early one Friday morning, within several hours he officially became a father. As he held his son he realized he and his wife are now new parents. His wife planned to take the now standard twelve week maternity leave at home caring for their son. Steve however, will return to work Monday morning as usual. When he returns to work, his lack of sleep and hectic home life will untitentialy impact his job prefromace. This will cause both Steve and his wife stress. Unfortuontially he was not able to take an extended time off to assist in his transition into parenthood. Steve works for the same medium size company in America as his wife. Unlike his wife, he was not given the option of paid time off
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For example, in “ Fathers Days” published in Fit Pregnancy a respected magazine about parenthood, explored that paternity allowed men a sense of “ equal partnership” in home life and in parenting (Father’s Day’s). Even so paternity leave did not only affect the father child relationship, but it also positively impacted the parent’s relationship dynamic. For example as study conducted by Séjourné, Vaslot , Beaumé , Goutaudier , Chabrol, study published in the Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology studied the paternal involvement and correlation with postpartum depression. They noted the importance of “perceived involvement” with high scores of satisfaction from the mother regarding that father. This study did not have a tasks list or require hours of child care to be logged, to gauge involvement, seemingly this study displays that the fathers presence and support are extremely important to the psychological wellbeing of the mother (Séjourné et al 140). Despite claims of the role provider, it is proven that the healthiest option for a man to take care of his family is to take paternity
For example, in “ Fathers Days” published in Fit Pregnancy a respected magazine about parenthood, explored that paternity allowed men a sense of “ equal partnership” in home life and in parenting (Father’s Day’s). Even so paternity leave did not only affect the father child relationship, but it also positively impacted the parent’s relationship dynamic. For example as study conducted by Séjourné, Vaslot , Beaumé , Goutaudier , Chabrol, study published in the Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology studied the paternal involvement and correlation with postpartum depression. They noted the importance of “perceived involvement” with high scores of satisfaction from the mother regarding that father. This study did not have a tasks list or require hours of child care to be logged, to gauge involvement, seemingly this study displays that the fathers presence and support are extremely important to the psychological wellbeing of the mother (Séjourné et al 140). Despite claims of the role provider, it is proven that the healthiest option for a man to take care of his family is to take paternity