There seems to be two schools of thought in opposition here: 1) For parents that have excessive obligations to their children outside of work it makes sense fo

There seems to be two schools of thought in opposition here: 1) For parents that have excessive obligations to their children outside of work it makes sense for the company to provide them additional time at this time to ease that burden. The time off is not a vacation. 2) For employees that do not have children (possibly by conscious choice) they feel that it's offensive to be forced to effectively do more work so that their parent colleagues can take time off (regardless that the time is not a pleasant vacation) I don't have a good opinion, I see validity in both sides. I don't see an easy solution because any benefit differentially applied to the childless would raise similar concerns from parents.