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Perspective from outside the US: In Sweden the parents are given 400something days of paid leave on top of 10 required days off after the child is born. The 40
by sausagefeet 14y ago
Perspective from outside the US: In Sweden the parents are given 400something days of paid leave on top of 10 required days off after the child is born. The 400something days is divided between the parents (married or not, doesn't matter AFAIK) but each parent is required to take a minimum of 3 months (I think).
Management in the company I work for (and I've heard anecdotes about others) even encourage their employees to have children.
Some people abuse it but for the most part it makes people happy and, like most advanced western cultures, most families don't have more than a few kids.