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Re:I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was ... by martindbp on Friday May 13, 2022 @04:40AM (#31364851)
Yes, it's very much the opposite experience as a Swedish dad. If you go to a playground often the great majority of parents are fathers for the kids between 12 and 18 months. That's usually when fathers take time off. At one point I was at a playground with 8 other dads and an old woman came up to us gushing about how things had changed from when she was young and it was so nice to see.

Point is, it just has to be normalized, but without significant paternity leave, it probably won't.

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Re:I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was ... by Agentlien on Friday May 13, 2022 @05:17AM (#31365063)
The fascinating thing is that when we were deciding how to plan our parental leave we hadn't talked to any other parents or asked advice from anyone. We just decided that, based on what we wanted from it and practical concerns about breast-feeding and recuperation it made the most sense for her to be home for a year and then me for half a year.

Turns out most Swedish couples I've talked to since reach the exact same conclusion.

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