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All fathers should be entitled to time-off from work when their children are born. What is your opinion?

#fathers #time-off #work #children
Some people believe, that all fathers must be able to take a vacation when their children are born because they need to stay home and help their wives take care of their babies. But
also
 a lot of people are against
this
 idea because they think that a
woman
 who has just given birth can take care of her children herself, and I don't agree with
this
 perspective.
Although
 I can understand people, who think that while the mother looks after the house and the baby, a father should work and earn money for his family because they need food, toys, children`s clothes and many other things that cost money. And money, unfortunately, does not fall from the sky. But, still, a
woman
 needs help. Not only childbirth is always an extremely difficult event for a
woman
 and for her health, but
also
 caring for a little baby is hard and stressful. Small children are noisy, they are really loud and sleep badly. At
this
 time a
woman
 really needs support and help. Of course, there are a lot of grandmothers, aunts, friends and other assistants around a mother,
nevertheless
, she probably wants to see the father of her baby.
That is
 why a man needs some way to get a vacation to take care of their little ones. Overall, it is a really difficult topic for discussion, because every family chooses their own way. And I think that they need to have
this
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