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Everyone on the world has the chance to have a baby. Even though some couples have difficulties in fertility, they still can either find a surrogacy mother or adopt a baby. After ten-month-long pregnancy, a new life with his or her whole familys blessings comes to this world. The arrival of each new life is such a precious present that their parents should treat them with full of love and care. Parents have to take care of their little treasure wholeheartedly, especially shortly after birth. During this critical period of time, parents need to cultivate their feelings with their babies in order to build a sense of trust. Parents great efforts which they have devoted to their babies throughout this essential and significant time establish an important basis for the future relationship with their children. Most important, these efforts must be reached jointly by Both parents. Usually, the public society has a stereotype that only babys mother can take maternity leave. Recently, however, the concept that babys father also can ask for leave to accompany his wife and newborn during this critical period of time emerges, namely paternity leave. This helpful policy provides fathers with several weeks when they can have enough time to stay home with their newborns. Although paternity leave has not been widely used by most companies, its emergence reminds people of its necessity and urgency. People cannot ignore the importance of the policy anymore but realize that accompanying and taking care of

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babies no longer represents womens responsibilities alone. Paternity leave can bring benefits? Of course! When mothers-to-be enter the delivery room to be ready for giving birth, they have to independently withstand fear and suffer from the pain in production. On the other hand, fathers can do nothing but anxiously await outside the delivery room. In fact, if mothers can receive the support from their husbands during childbirth, it will greatly reduce their fear of production and appease them. Also, recently, fathers are able to decide whether they want to accompany their wives into the delivery room or not. According the statistics, more and more people are choosing the paternity services and the number of this choice has increased more than sixty percent. For example, Mr. Leung who accompanies his wife to give birth to baby says that after the personal experience, he understands how hard it is to give birth to a baby. I consciously want to treat my wife better than ever after this experience, he adds. For Mrs. Leung, she replies that fortunately, she has her husband who holds her hands and gives her a lot of support and it really lessens her sense of helplessness and fear. She also feels that her husband shows more concern and consideration for her, which makes the feeling between them a big step forward. Besides, after the birth of babies, mothers are physically and mentally weak. They need not only adequate rest but also someone by their sides comforting their moods during this time. Fathers will undoubtedly become the best choice. With the company

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and care of husbands, mothers can recover health more quickly. Furthermore, it is also another way to improve the relationship between couples and hold a steady and happy marriage life. Apart from the above reasons, paternity leave can stimulate the birth rate. Some couples do not want to have babies because the company does not offer appropriate and well-organized maternity and paternity leave. Often, mothers do not get paid during the maternity leave. If fathers also do not work in this time, they cannot afford the huge amount of household expenses. So, offering the sound paternity leave is beneficial to urge couples to have their own babies. Which couples do not hope to hold a little darling in their arms? However, without paternity leave, having a baby which is originally full of delight and joy can become a nightmare overnight. Mothers are likely to suffer from the postpartum depression. Usually, people have a common feeling that How can? After all, based on the publics cognition, parenthood is worth celebrating, and how it would cause depression? In fact, due to the prenatal and postnatal major changes in the environment, psychological, and physiological, mothers are often put in disarray, like a novice. Finally, these huge pressures which come one after another so quickly defeat them. Mothers cannot withstand these pressures anymore and become sick. Typical symptoms of this depression include agitation, crying, insomnia, dull reaction, poor appetite, weariness, failing to focus on everyday things, and a strong sense of

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guilt about insufficient care of babies. Whats worse, patients will keep the idea of suicide and want to die. The incidence of the depression is not low. After suffering from this disease, it affects not only womens ability to return to the workplace but also childrens behaviors and cognitions. But, just be careful that this disease can be completely cured and even be prevented. Postpartum depression has not yet aroused widespread attention because people prefer to attach importance to physical ailments rather than mental illness. General families cannot notice the postnatal turning point of patients and give the emotional supports to them in time, eventually leading to worsen disease. So, if postpartum mothers have their husbands accompany, their probability of the depression will reduce a lot. For husbands, they can share the responsibility of caring for babies and encourage their wives to talk with other novice mothers. By doing so, the chance of getting the postpartum depression is fundamentally minimal. As a result, paternity leave is essential, necessary, and indispensable. Carrying out the policy is not enough. Also, it must be used with an improved package of measures. Sometimes, companies which offer a paternity leave do not distribute salaries in the period of leave. Instead, companies which allow fathers to stay home with their newborns still should pay the money to employees or at least let them earn partial pay and benefits. Only the name of a paternity leave is useless. Paternity leave

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with completed supporting measures can truly reflect the significance of this policy.