In the interest of equality for employment opportunities there should be a forced paternity leave such that women are not disadvantaged in employment hiring. Given this equality, it should not take the latin prefixes of "mater" and "pater", but "parens" - ie parensity leave. Further, since raising children is a societal obligation, this should fall as a burden on the state, as they will be collecting the taxes from the wealth produced by the well raised children. Therefore, Parensity leave should be a state funded legal requirement, and not an employer obligation.