Nearly one-third of men feel uncomfortable to take paid parenting leave
A new LinkedIn survey reveals that men always feel in a hurry to take less time than women.
The days when breeding was considered a work of a woman. Today, husbands are supposeddo their fair share of household and help take care of children, especially when anew baby arrives. But unfortunately, the United States is not mandatory for employers to provide time paid forNew parents; So, if a man does not take leave when his child was born, you would not be alone to assume that it was a financially charged decision. But now, a newLinkedIn investigation suggests that even when it is paid, men are more uncomfortableTake palace leave that women.
The LinkedIn survey wrote more than 1,000 US financial professionals and found that while 92% of women said they were comfortable taking all theirParental leave paid When they have a child, only 71% of men felt the same thing, with the majority saying it was because their industries were waiting for men to take less free time.
In the end, thisSexospecific attitude towards parental leave can have negative consequences not only on men, but also on their children.Sarah Clark, Research scientist in Pediatrics MPH-A at the University of Michigan who ledA study on Papa Shaming-Said in adeclaration That "loving and engaged fathers can have a positive impact on the development and well-being of their children". And this has been scientifically proven time and again.
There are many long-term benefits from a father spending time with his newborn. A 2017 study published in theInfantity mental health journalfound that babies whose fathers have integrated more with them in the first three months of their lives have shown a better cognitive development two years later. Another 2019 study published in the newspaperSex roles I found that the children whose fathers took at least two weeks of paternity leave after their birth felt closer to their fathers nine years later than the children whose fathers were absent during these first weeks.
The question is that "these companies still do not recognize oftenroles of men like fathers, "Gayle Kaufman, a professor of sociology in Davidson College of North Carolina, told Linkedin. "Even when they set up these types of policies that can also apply to fathers, they are not usually read in this way."
