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Swedish parental leave can be saved until the kid turns 12. Not that the 480 days will last that long, of course!

• petercooper 7y ago
  That sounds like a good idea and what I think would be better for everyone. Of course, then it's a case of avoiding the temptation of taking it too early(!) :)
  • Moru 7y ago
    If you wait too long, it's hard to find time that isn't taken by school already :-)
• scruple 7y ago
  Is that per parent or is it shared between parents? That really sounds incredible, going to have to remember to look this up.
  • Moru 7y ago
    It's 240 days per parent.
    • scruple 7y ago
      That's incredible. That's something the rest of the world should strive for.
• souprock 7y ago
  From another comment, it looks like the father only gets half, but I assume you get weekends off too. Sweden also has 25 days of vacation. I have a kid about every 600 days. (have 12 so far) Out of that 600 days, it looks like I'd work just 164 days. It would be 2-day weeks for decades. That is quite a way to run a country. I think it only works because there are very few births in Sweden.
  • istjohn 7y ago
    Basing policy on 99.99 percentile sized families would certainly be odd.
    • souprock 7y ago
      Policy would change what the 99.99 percentile is. If having a large family means that you don't have to work, many more people might do it.