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>The early stage is a lot of work, but why should you skip the work while your wife has to do it all? "Skip the work"? He literally said he's working..a job.
by aguyfromnb 7y ago
>The early stage is a lot of work, but why should you skip the work while your wife has to do it all?
"Skip the work"? He literally said he's working..a job. Unfortunately, in the society we've built it is considered the most important work, since it pays the bills and enables the ability to start a family.
I agree it's important that both people share the burden of parenthood, but let's not swing it so far the other way that your sole source of income isn't considered "work".
- jacobush 7y agoI read it as skipping the work of being the parent.
- tyscore 7y agoBut this is why the paternity leave is being offered. So that your 'sole source of income' is not stopped while you can do the 'work' and share equally in the workload of rearing the child that YOU decided you wanted. The original commenter is insinuating that even with this facility he will prefer to go to his 'real work' esp when the kid is small and the child-rearing work is not satisfactory enough and that frankly is quite selfish.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoMy partner and I agreed ahead of time how the workload would be divided. Is the problem that you take issue with how it's divided? Why must the workload be shared equally?