Paternity-Leave Facebook Post Shows Dads May Not Have It All, Either

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'While working moms deal with the well-known tangle of exhaustion, guilt, criticism and debates about having it all, there’s another species of parent that has its own complex issues: the working dad.

Specifically, those working dads who get and take paternity leave. All of their paternity leave.

It’s a land mine–laden topic that doesn’t get nearly enough attention. But on Sunday, Facebook employee Tom Stocky helped put it in the spotlight with a frank and enlightening personal essay on Facebook to his 136,026 followers. He soon made the post public and, as of Thursday afternoon, it had garnered 5,745 likes, 2,900 shares and around 100 thoughtful comments. And it’s really worth a read.'

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