Google offers 22 weeks paid parental leave to new mothers and seven weeks to fathers, while Facebook currently offers four months paid leave to both mothers and fathers.

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Last year, the National Partnership for Women and Families found that only 14 states and the District of Columbia have laws that help new fathers and mothers who work in the private sector.

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But, at least in Britain, government policies do not encourage them to take equal responsibility for their children, lavishing (largely underpaid) leave on new mothers and only recently offering fathers more (underpaid) time off.

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Mothers, fathers, grandfathers and grandmothers all now apply for new plates, hoping that their loved one might enjoy the privilege of driving on the streets of Beijing.

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