‘It was seen as weird’: why are so few men taking shared parental leave?

Only 2% of new parents split their entitlement. Fathers tell us what’s stopping themWhen Paul and Caroline Roberts had their first child almost two years ago, Paul was determined to do more at home than his own father, who had worked 18-hour days, seven days a week. “I never saw him, and I didn’t want it to be like that for my son,” Paul says. “As soon as he arrived, I knew I wanted to be with him every moment I could.”Paul works in a factory in the north of E