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* ![Opening Of Milly Madison Avenue Boutique](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffc6f0612c307f88/6988bf05bc6cfcc38d3e090e/poppy-harlow-paternity-leave.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 20, 2017  
## [My Husband's Paternity Leave Was a Gift to Our Family](https://time.com/4706634/paternity-leave-helped-cnn-poppy-harlow-family/)  
by Fortune
* ![Illustrations Of Popular Mobile Apps And Social Media Sites](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc588d28b134bf7d6/69888dc70a4a22a08d9c91d4/twitter-paid-family-leave-paternity.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 5, 2016  
## [Twitter Just Announced a More Generous Parental Paid-Leave Policy](https://time.com/4282288/twitter-paid-leave/)  
by Maggie Parker
* ![563965801](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b36bbf160236a55/69888a622dce01512f9e8206/working-dad-work-life-balance-conversation.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 11, 2016  
## [Why Dads Need to Be Part of the Work-Life Balance Conversation, Too](https://time.com/4253409/dads-work-life-balance/)  
by Tom Spiggle
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47e6c142b437815d/69887d47428a9ec0b3cd15d8/gettyimages-483596043.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 11, 2016  
## [Why Women Need to Fight for Paternity Leave](https://time.com/4214097/why-women-need-to-fight-for-paternity-leave/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Belinda Luscombe
* ![Facebook chief executive and founder Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a 'town-hall' meeting at the Indian Institute of Technology \(IIT\) in New Delhi on October 28, 2015. Speaking to about 900 students at New Delhi's Indian Institute of Technology, Zuckerber](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22b007e0d142d50b/698872518e06019ed1463735/mark-zuckerberg-02.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 20, 2015  
## [Mark Zuckerberg to Take 2 Months Paternity Leave](https://time.com/4123291/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-paternity-leave/)  
by Charlotte Alter  
* ![Donald Trump](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3530c520a0ac4207/6988694e0a4a224e9b9c6aae/donald-trump7.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 22, 2015  
## [Trump Says He Would Consider Closing Radical Mosques](https://time.com/4082627/trump-mosques-minimum-wage/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Tanya Basu
* ![Netflix Partners With SoftBank For Japan Launch](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt268d76714c1e3e21/698863c4cd1bba340e6fd2e9/gettyimages-486193062.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 16, 2015  
## [Why Tech Companies Are Swapping Beer Kegs for Baby Benefits](https://time.com/4033935/parental-leave-technology-companies/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Victor Luckerson
* ![baby-bottle-milk](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c1e0c5c5e2eb367/698862edab6d77124e6a6190/baby-bottle-milk.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 9, 2015  
## [Marissa Mayer Is Setting a Good Example With Two-Week Maternity Leave](https://time.com/4028467/marissa-mayer-maternity-leave/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Quora
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt296800c560eb7708/69885e1ae53aba247b4def3d/all-in.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 5, 2015  
## [What Netflix’s Parental Leave Means for All Parents](https://time.com/3986582/netflix-leave-parental-family-leave/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Josh Levs
* ![Netflix Illustrations Ahead Of Earnings](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt34cdef06b6a27d62/69885e11f887dc640de91bc0/netflix.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 5, 2015  
## [Why Netflix's Parental Leave Policy is Good For Babies](https://time.com/3985933/why-netflixs-parental-leave-policy-is-good-for-babies/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alexandra Sifferlin  
* ![171673277](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte485fc39b7ce700c/69885e1235ba6f0a0cc0e88e/gettyimages-171673277.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 5, 2015  
## [Want Parental Leave? Don't Work at a Startup](https://time.com/3986405/netflix-microsoft-parental-leave/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Fortune
* ![Gary Ackerman](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81d247251c1a2a79/698853f6cd68489a320a04b8/gary-ackerman.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 10, 2015  
## [Meet the Father of Paternity Leave](https://time.com/3916437/paternity-leave-gary-ackerman/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Lily Rothman
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Mar 13, 2015  
## [Japan Eyes Matchmaking to Lift Birth Rate](https://time.com/3744317/japan-birth-rate-matchmaking-paternity-leave/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlotte Alter
* ![Baby on fathers shoulder](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24a9c18c5e2fa56e/698778a78e06011b5645995e/paternity-leave.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 7, 2015  
## [Paternity Leave Isn’t a Paid, Drunken Vacation](https://time.com/3657900/paternity-leave-william-giraldi-baffler/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Aaron Gouveia
* ![455465857](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14f89d7254d06519/698696f9adae4498c35439f7/455465857.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 10, 2014  
## [This Fathers' Day, Let's Give Dads Paternity Leave](https://time.com/2853080/fathers-day-gift-paternity-leave-feminism-for-men/)  
by James Poniewozik

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