Paternity leave ought to be made available at any time until the child was 18 or left school, thereby reasserting paternal authority, and thus requiring paternal responsibility, at key points in childhood and adolescence.
Of course a new baby needs her mother. But a 15-year-old might very well need her father, and that bit of paternity leave which he has been owed these last 15 years.
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