It’s less than eight weeks until parents will for the first time be able to take leave together in the first year of their child’s life or the first year following their child’s adoption.

It's less than eight weeks until parents will for the first time be able to take leave together in the first year of their child's life or the first year following their child's adoption. The government asserts that shared parental leave will "kickstart a change where fathers feel empowered to take time off to look after their kids and not feel constrained by outdated stereotypes."