The government has proposed to give dads six weeks off as paternity leave. They can then get two weeks off directly after the birth of their child, and a month extra later on. This way parents can share their time off so that women also get the chance to go back to work in the middle of maternity leave and then take time off again without losing their statutory rights. Mr. Cable, who is a business secretary, said that the way that everything goes at the moment with only women getting time off, is old-fashioned and gender biased. He wants to represent modern Britain, and this is one way of doing so.
I think it is really good that these measures are being taken. Parents choose to have a child together, so why should the mother be the only one to sit at home and take care of the child? I think it is also a good plan because fathers often get less chance to bond with their children seeing as they are the ones that are mostly working and get home late when the child is already asleep. And especially the bond kids have with their dad is really important in my opinion. As Mr. Cable said, the fact that only women have the right to stay at home is completely old-fashioned and gender biased.
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