1. Kids will learn more about compassion.
It was in July that columnist Kozo Hattori decided to try a new experiment — one that taught him to be compassionate above all else. Deseret News National reported on Hattori’s experiment, citing researchers and experts who found that learning about compassion and empathy are essential to helping kids grow into more humane and giving people. By staying home with the kids and teaching them from those early days, dads can help spread that message to their children.
“Efforts to boost empathy and compassion among youths may be important, considering research that shows it has been on the wane in American youths,” the National reported.

2. Dad will be more directly involved in child care.
The Organizations for Economic Co-Operation and Development released a study in January 2013 that found dads who spent more time with their kids — at least two weeks after birth — are more likely to be involved in their care in the years to follow.
“The study noted that fathers’ use of paternity and parental leave was largest when leave was well-paid and designated specifically for fathers,” CNN reported.

3. Dad gets a break from work.
While there are certain benefits kids receive when their dads take time off, fathers are gaining something from it too. John Rossheim, a career expert, wrote for monster.com that taking paternity leave is something many men will do if they full understand the benefits of it. And one of those benefits is getting the time off and being able to step away from the office for a couple of weeks.
Whether and how much working fathers continue to labor while on leave “varies per person and according to circumstances,” said Maryella Gockel, a strategy leader in accounting a Ernst & Young. “If you’re in the middle of a big (business) deal, the transition to leave may take longer.”

4. Mom gets a break from child-rearing.
Wahm.com — a work-at-home mothers information website — expressed one important part of dads taking paternity leave. It offers moms a break from always doing the child-rearing. Stresses and complications that a mother experiences in the early days of raising a child can be relieved by the dad stepping into that role, wahm.com noted.
“If the father were able to get paternity leave, it would take a huge burden off your shoulders,” reads wahm.com. “You would still be able to help in the raising of your child, but the father would be there to help change diapers, feed the baby and make sure they are down for another nap. This would enable you to focus a little longer on your work and get some projects out of the way (or make a business call without worrying about being interrupted).”

5. It will change the perception of dads.
Do dads get a bad rep? Critics have said in the past that dads aren’t as caring of their kids, but that changes when they take paternity leave, Time magazine reported. So paternity leave will actually offer men a chance to learn from feminism, relieving dads from having to stick to the stereotypes that culture has often associated them with — being uncaring and not as dedicated to kids as the mother, Time reported.
“Paternity leave is a practical lesson in why men should be feminists, not just because it’s right and fair but because feminism — in its simplest sense of treating people equally and not constraining them with artificial gender roles — benefits men too,” wrote James Poniewozik for Time.

6. Dad gets an enriching experience.
Craig Melvin wrote for MSNBC about his experience as a dad who took paternity leave. He explained that he was lucky to get the benefits of paternity leave from his employer, and he was even more blessed to learn what it’s like to be a father from the get-go.
Melvin noted that dads sometimes have to play catch up with learning about their kids and their habits, attitudes and patterns. But with paternity leave, he was quick to understand what his child would be like.
“Having experienced it first-hand, I would argue that a modest investment that encourages fathers to start off on the right foot is a more than worthwhile. We all pick up the tab down the road when children whose fathers weren’t there start growing up,” Melvin wrote

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hahahaha!!!

No AFRICAN man should get paternity leave!
Except he was PHYSICALLY present in the delivery room and did the OMUGUO himself!
You don't reward idleness with more IDLENESS!

?

Ok

When I have a kid, I will participate actively in everything concerning their baby-sittng I so much love kids.

Payed paternity leave, else na hunger go send am outt.

I just dey come from vigil,if I reach house I go comment.

Paternity leave then what will he be doing

Alright. Where are the remaining 3 points

bb

What is this one saying?

I GUESS THIS IS FOR MARRIED COUPLE ONLY, not my F business

No man should be given any paternity leave except with endorsement from the wife!

The wife should decide if the man is useful at home based on his previous records of home and child care

Otherwise no need to keep an lazy man at home and create more work for the woman sef

Kia. Only me

@ op, why do u think maternity leave is given? If u know why it is given, then u wouldn't talk abt paternity leave.

Anyway, maybe paternity leave would be given when men begin to breastfeed.

Hmm....l hope this does not apply to a man who is polygamous with wives still bearing children! No one should be made to pay for the lifestyle choice he has made.

Paternity leave for naija.

Pavore9: Hmm....l hope this does not apply to a man who is
polygamous with wives still bearing children! No one should be made to
pay for the lifestyle choice he has made.

lol. It means from one paternity leave to another. He might even spend a whole year on pat leave.

4. Mom gets a break from child REARING! This is so damn hilarious"" hahahahaha

Whats that supposed to mean? Does a woman rear her kids agains? Chai! Smh

If a man gets a paternity leave makes it easy for a wonderful bond to be created between father and son or daughter.

Moreover not all men get so involved in child nurturing anyway,if the man in question wishes to be actively involved in his baby's growth,then good idea.

Ok

This would be good xpecially now women want equal rights

esof1: @ op, why do u think maternity leave is given? If u know why it is given, then u wouldn't talk abt paternity leave.

Anyway, maybe paternity leave would be given when men begin to breastfeed.

Ok lets get your rational explanation why marternity leave is given plz

Very funny...

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Kanwulia: No AFRICAN man should get paternity leave!
Except he was PHYSICALLY present in the delivery room and did the OMUGUO himself!
You don't reward idleness with more IDLENESS!

So ALL Non-African fathers are physically present in the delivery room?

What a daft supposition you just made?

And to think not being present in a delivery room ............is termed idleness?
Jeez, damn the "witch" who robed you of your intelligence, if you had any, ab initio?

Lastpage!

how can most peeps say men don't deserve paternity leave?

such a selfish statement!!

most of the points outlined by the op isn't even strong a enough!!

i mean, men do most of the in-and-out bedmatics, all the dooouugghhy,misssioonaary,siide phooock,toouchh-your-toes, carry and phoockk. just to make her get that yoyoyo feeling!!!

and to think we would go 5 rounds(if she is a nymphomaniac!!)

even after the fifth, if she suuuckks the d "dead horse", it suddenly comes alive again!, and the beat goes on.............

this is a enough work ,even though it is pleasurable,it is fun-work!

kudos to the Lagos state government but 10 days isnt a enough considering the "sex-work" done!!!

I'm not married but I need paternity leave. My dogs need me at home. OP, abeg, how do I go about getting one?

no no no.......paternity leave doesn't fit we africans.You don:t expect me to be at home for the sake that i want ro clean diapers n all those stuff.perhaps it's not mandatory.

datx y maid is available.

Mtchwwwwwww... nonsense!

romzyxy: no no no.......paternity leave doesn't fit we africans.You don:t expect me to be at home for the sake that i want ro clean diapers n all those stuff.perhaps it's not mandatory.

datx y maid is available.

LAZY MEN NO WONDER MUST KIDS ARE NOT CLOSE TO THEIR FATHERSSOME FATHERS DON'T REALISE THAT THEY ALSO NEED TO BOND WITH THEIR KIDS