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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Guardian community team

UK fathers: share your experience of paternity leave

A father holding a newborn baby's hand
A father holding a newborn baby's hand Photograph: Christian Gst?ttmayr/Getty Images/Flickr RF

We would like to find out more about the experience of paternity leave across the UK.

If you are a father in the UK, did you take paternity leave? If not, tell us about why.

For those who have taken it, how long were you off for? What did it offer you, your child and your partner? Did you feel you were able to take sufficient leave? If not, what was the impact?

If you have more than one child, please tell us about how your experience of paternity leave differed. Do you think the system needs to change – and if so, how?

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