[pjmlp]

It all depends on which country one speaks about.

Many European countries, have shared leaves between parents.

[Tichy]

As I said, it's not only the parental leave that is an issue. Often later on one parent decides to only work part time. Usually it is the mother.

[pjmlp]

I guess I may be biased, because on our office guys also do that, which makes me wrongly extrapolate the common situation.