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[–] Huschke@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As an Austrian 4 weeks is still nothing.

[–] pgp@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

For anywhere in Europe, really. It's not the same everywhere, but I think generally speaking, most countries get at least 6 months between both parents.

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

It really isn't. In Norway it's 49 weeks, divided between mother and father, with the majority going to the mother.

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

That's nothing. The US doubles ours every year! Of course, zero times zero is still zero, but we'd know what that means if our schools were any good at teaching things like basic math.

Good job, Singapore. Keep pushing for a human oriented society! Success like this is incremental and this is a win.