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Originally Posted by basmoq
Now back on subject, it is really a stupid stereotype, that is pervasive because I am avoided within a ten foot radius at the playground I take my son to.
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I didn't think about it when I started this post but this is also something I have experienced. When my wife takes the kids to the park by herself, she tells me about some of the people she met and talked to. I've taken them to the park by myself and along with my wife and I'm treated as if my picture is posted at the entrance with the word pedophile underneath. If someone looks at me, it is to give a quick smile as they move their kid to another end of the park.
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Originally Posted by abaya
Granted, one of the great things about Iceland is that they require paternity leave as well as maternity leave, and it's equal amounts for both parents. 3 months for the mom, 3 months for the dad, and 3 months for them to split as they like. Compared to... what, 10 weeks for the mom, and that's it?... in the US.
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10 weeks? I don't remember exactly how it works at the federal level but where I live, in places that employ more than 50 people, each parent gets 6 weeks of leave for child birth (unless they work at the same place. Then it is 6 weeks total between both of them). Abaya, is the time off where you are paid leave?