Leeds: How much time off should new dads be given when their baby is born?

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The government is carrying out a once-in-a-generation review of parental leave and pay to modernise the system. How much time off do you think new dads should be given when their baby is born, and why?

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00:00He's a full-time father looking after me.

00:05So he's looked after me from a very young age without my mum.

00:08So he understands, like, because obviously he's worked before,

00:12nine to fives, he knows that mothers get around a year off

00:15when they're having a baby.

00:17But fathers, they only get two weeks off after the baby's born.

00:20That happened to him.

00:21And he realises, especially being with me throughout life,

00:25he realises the father should probably get at least a month,

00:28maybe even more, two, three months.

00:30My daughter's having a baby next Wednesday

00:33and so her husband's got the parental leave,

00:36which we think is great because when I had her,

00:39which was 35 years ago,

00:41there was no parental leave for husband.

00:44I had six full-paid weeks of leave,

00:46which I could use over an eight-week period,

00:48which actually meant that I could space it out if I wanted.

00:51So I used it over eight weeks.

00:53Fantastic. Absolutely amazing.

00:55That's what every parent should have.

00:57Every dad should have.

00:58I got to really bond with my child.

00:59I got to really bond with my child.

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