A report on the child's first 1,000 days, directed by neuropsychiatrist Boris Cyrulnik and submitted to Secretary of State for Children Adrien Taquet, recommends extending paternity leave to two months.
What do the main stakeholders think?
Europe 1 went to meet young dads at the end of a Parisian maternity hospital.
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From 11 days to more than two months ... This is the radical change that paternity leave should undergo, according to a report submitted Tuesday to Adrien Taquet, Secretary of State for Children.
The text, whose writing was directed by the neuropsychiatrist Boris Cyrulnik, indeed recommends, among other proposals, a 9-week stop for young dads after the birth of their child.
What do the main stakeholders think?
Europe 1 went to meet them at the exit of a Parisian maternity hospital.
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"I present to you Paul who was born 3 days ago. I would have liked to have had the free spirit of my work for longer, but I am reconnecting to my emails. Already, I am a little less there."
With his baby in his arms, Thomas parades in front of the maternity ward.
He has eleven days to take advantage of his son before returning to work and leaving his partner alone.
"Allow the young mother to be less tired"
So a two-month paternity leave would be a great step forward, greet the young dad.
"In fact, it is an egalitarian sharing, to support the young mother a little, to allow her to be less tired and precisely to be able to invest in more sympathetic things, such as attachment, education, rather than to be in everyday life, to be completely exhausted and just to manage the immediate needs. "
This leave would also make it possible to free up more time to create a bond between the father and his child.
But in practice, some doubt their abilities.
"Knowing if I will be able to stay two months to do nothing but take care of my baby, that wriggles all our clichés a bit", admits Cédric.
"Yes, as men, that's a real question, really."
"When you are a man with a certain level of responsibility, it is not seen well"
Another obstacle is likely to come from the employer himself.
Some dads are not prepared to take the risks of taking too long a leave.
"I will see all the consequences thereafter, that is to say being placarded, suffering a brake in my career development", fears Alain.
"When you are a man with a certain level of responsibility, today it is not seen well."
If Alain will be satisfied with the statutory 11 days, his wife has decided to interrupt her career for their 3 children.