Marissa Mayer announced a progressive paternity leave policy at Yahoo! Especially considering recent Yahoo! decisions, these policies represent an important step forward for working dads everywhere.
Oakland A’s Slugger Brandon Moss Takes Paternity Leave
April 19, 2013 By 4 Comments
Major League Baseball implements a paternity leave policy for players … of only 72 hours. A good start? Or the price of playing pro ball?
Why Working Parents Have It Hard in America
February 14, 2013 By 12 Comments
The United States is the only country of the world’s leading 34 economies to not offer paid parental leave
Mr. Mom Ain’t Dead
January 28, 2013 By 6 Comments
Reports that Mr. Mom is dead have been greatly exaggerated, according to Zach Rosenberg of 8BitDad
Bushmaster and the Cult of Masculinity
December 22, 2012 By 22 Comments
Men have some catching up to do with women, in shedding the stigma of gender nonconformity.
Men Suffer From More Work-Life Conflict Than Women?
October 8, 2012 By 5 Comments
According to some studies, yes. According to a 2011 study by the Families and Work Institute, 60% of American men in dual-earner families report conflict between their work and their home life, while only 47% of women do. Why? Men are more invested in the Success Myth than women; they are more likely to believe [...]
Report on Paternity Leave
August 15, 2012 By 2 Comments
This report on paternity leave in the United States is really fucking depressing. Only fourteen states and the District of Colombia have gone beyond the rather bare-bones provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act. FMLA is the only act that helps Americans balance work and family, which is both praise for FMLA and a shameful [...]
Does ‘Daddy Leave’ Lead to Gender Equality?
July 11, 2012 By 10 Comments
Norway’s parental leave policies, though popular, have unintended and adverse effects on families.
Paternity Leave Increases in South Korea
August 2, 2011 By 11 Comments
(Hat tip to startledoctopus.) Great news from South Korea! The number of fathers taking time off work to take care of their children is increasing as parental leave becomes accepted in Korea. According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor on Wednesday, 819 male salaried workers took paternity leave last year, up 63 percent from [...]
Hey, There’s No Paternity Leave in Baseball
April 21, 2011 By 1 Comment
Colby Lewis took a 72-hour paternity leave to attend the birth of his daughter. Predictably, loudmouth baseball purists are up in arms.
Real Men Know How to Take Paternity Leave
September 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
From WeNews: Last year while pregnant with our second child, I learned that my husband had accrued six weeks of vacation leave and a stunning eight months of paid sick leave. I suggested (and was prepared to insist) that he use it after the birth of our son and he enthusiastically agreed–and actually made it [...]
Paid Paternity Leave Means Swedish Dads Got It Made
September 3, 2010 By 1 Comment
“When I went to forgive those who had bullied me in school, they had no idea what they had done to me.”
This is a comment by Anonymous on the post “Should We Forgive Apologetic Bullies?”