Benefits Of Paternity Leave

Why paternity leave is beneficial It is outdated that men don’t care as much for children as mothers do. We have seen how the share of parenting increases. The thing is that we do not have the option to take the time off work that a child requires because there is no law that lets parents do that. An article from The Guardian says, “The US is the only developed country that doesn’t guarantee paid maternity or parental leave to workers” (Levin). Although we do not have a law that lets parents take time off work, parents choose to take a few weeks off without getting paid to spend those days with their new baby. The mother as we all know is usually the one who will take more time off work for the care of the new baby. With the father at work …show more content…
All parents want the best for their child. An article from times says scientist have said “men who take time off to be with their new child are likely to be more involved for years to come and that their children will be healthier” (Miller). With the father being involved a child becomes closer to the father as it helps the father become closer to his child. A father needs that time to and the chance to learn to comfort his child. It is more likely the father won’t get the chance to learn if he is running to work the minute he was trying to learn how to comfort his child. He needs enough space to work it out. By having to go back to work every time the father does get a chance with his child and the child begins to cry, the mother will run to rescue to calm her child. This will possibly lead to exhaustion and postpartum depression. Many women struggle with postpartum depression realizing how it affects bonding with a child. A woman who tells Times about her experience says how hard it was for her to be close to her son. She says, “I eventually came out of haze and I love my son deeply, but that first month was one of the hardest times of my life"(Roberts). Women may have experience a bad past, but many women even growing up to be perfectly fine can also contribute postpartum from all the hormonal change that make you feel tired and depressed. Without the father around it can really affect a child …show more content…
A father will be more involved in the role of taking care of his child. A father caring for his child is not only beneficial to the child, but it helps his relationship with his wife by giving her a break leading to great learning abilities to the child. Being involved in child early stages will improve the child’s learning abilities. It is hard to say how your employer will react to taking time off work. Taking time off work to be with your child is very understanding. Great employers will benefit from having great employees because they would be more committed to their work. Both parents can share their parenting roles equally, we do live in an equal opportunity country; why not make it equal where both men and women get parental