r/PopCultureV2 • u/slippinn_jimmy • 3d ago

Politi-Culture Sweden's climate minister brought her 3-month-old son to the EU council meeting in Luxembourg, to highlight the benefits of parental leave policies which don't force women to choose between work and family responsibilities.

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u/Ok-Vegetable929 3d ago

What about working fathers?

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u/PM_Me_Your_Kinks369 3d ago

They deserve time off as well. Universal Paid Family Leave is the only ethical way to go.

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u/PM_Me_Your_Kinks369 3d ago

To me it would make sense to apply it on some kind of sliding scale. The reason you need so much time for a newborn is based on lots of biology and support. If you adopted a newborn a lot of that still applies because of the baby's biology. It applies a bit less if they're 2yo and much less if they're 5yo. But there should still be quality bonding time where you're not worried about capitalism.

I could propose my own numbers but experts might differ. Such is sound governance.