
i have no factual evidence to back this up but i have a suspicion that men who want to take parental leave also probably want to be an active participant in their kids lives even when they are older. like i didn’t “have” a dad growing up because he was always working and i wonder if that would’ve been different if he got to take time off to actually be apart of my life
financially yes, but we had no relationship outside. i sincerely blame capitalism for forcing to him to decide between being able to provide for me or having an actual relationship with me. also when i mean always working, i mean there were times i didn’t see my dad for months and when he was home it was only for a few days at a time