Why two weeks paternity leave will never be enough for today’s dads

Billy Beech was at work when his phone buzzed. Opening the message, it was a video his wife had sent him of their baby daughter’s first-ever babble of words.

His heart sank. Another milestone missed because he was at work.

‘Something like that just makes you long to be at home to be in those moments, not just seeing them on the screen,’ recalls Billy.

While the issues of high childcare costs and inflexible working conditions…