Cobie Smulders

I come from Canada, and maternity leave is six months to a year, and they also have paternity leave, and I think that there's something to that. There's also something to making a more comfortable environment for women to breast feed or to bring their kids into work and to have more nurseries in these office buildings.

Canadian Actress

Alexander Skarsgard

The system in Sweden is great because you get free healthcare and free education; someone who doesn't have a lot of money can become a doctor or lawyer. There's good paternity and maternity leave - the U.S. is probably the only civilised country in the world that doesn't give parents anything.

Swedish Actor

Mary Pilon

If workplaces that enlist happiness consultants really care about worker satisfaction, why not offer better maternity and paternity policies? Daycare options? They could advise managers to stop calling workers to come in on weekends or expect them to answer emails late on weeknights.

American Journalist

Randi Weingarten

We know taking care of an infant isn't just women's work - so why should maternity leave be the norm when paternity leave is the exception? There's no question that taking care of and bonding with a new baby is just as important and meaningful for dads as it is for moms.

American Activist

Andrea Leadsom

I envisage there being absolutely no regulation whatsoever - no minimum wage, no maternity or paternity rights, no unfair dismissal rights, no pension rights - for the smallest companies that are trying to get off the ground, in order to give them a chance.

British Politician

David Lammy

A workplace culture where fathers are encouraged to take paternity leave would result in stronger families, a more equal labour market and a better economy.

Carey Price

I would love every dad to experience paternity or just time off to enjoy the special moments and build a lasting relationship with their children.

James Joyce

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction.

Irish Novelist

Dominic Raab

One reason women are left 'holding the baby' is anti-male discrimination in rights of maternity/paternity leave.

Engelbert Humperdinck

I've had more paternity suits than casual suits.

English Musician

Often used in legal situations to determine or deny father-child relationships.

Legal Context

Sometimes mistakenly used to mean 'pattern.' Paternity specifically refers to fatherhood.

Colloquial Misuse

Discussions of paternity can be sensitive; approach the topic with respect to privacy.

Cultural Sensitivity

Emphasizes the genetic and social bond between a father and his child.

Family Relationships

Paternity is commonly proven or disproven through DNA testing.

Genetic Proof

Paternity leave is time off work given to new fathers, a job benefit in many countries.

Workplace Benefit

The concept of paternity leave reflects changing views on fatherhood and gender roles.

Social Evolution

 He's so committed to sustainability that he's not only changing the ways of his own business, but his entire supply chain. He's so committed to equality that when he took on as CEO and he said gender balance matters, he created a gender-balanced executive team and gave men and women equal maternity and paternity leave.

The crisis of leadership...

 we've got many tribes which practice what anthropologists call partible paternity. These people actually believe -- and they have no contact among them, no common language or anything, so it's not an idea that spread, it's an idea that's arisen around the world -- they believe that a fetus is literally made

Are we sexual omnivores?...

 And that's a shame, because paternity leave, it benefits everyone. Here is why normalizing it is so I believe deeply in gender equality. I took my wife's last name, and even wrote a book about it. And still, I was terrified asking for paternity leave.

Why paternity leave...

 that reflects reproductive freedoms and justice. Picture this. We would have childcare and universal childhood education in every community in this country. We would have paid maternity and paternity leaves, and people would actually take them.

The End of Roe v. Wade...

 an automatic three month's paternity leave, but they lose it if they decide not to take it, a high government official told me that companies are starting to look at prospective male employees and raise an eyebrow if they didn't in fact

Anne-Marie Slaughter:...

 That includes paternity leave, all genders, families that are adopting and welcoming a new child into their home, people bringing foster children into their home, taking care of aging parents. You know, at some point in your life,

What working parents...

 developing paternity tests which will be able to be used in commercial bird breeders to help law enforcement detect poached animals. We also collaborate in responsible releases such as this done by the organization

Juliana Machado...

 But the trouble is so many people talk so much rubbish about work-life balance. All the discussions about flexi-time or dress-down Fridays or paternity leave

How to make work-life...

 many people talk so much rubbish about work-life balance all the discussions about flexi time or dress-down Fridays or paternity leave only serve to mask

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