Paid Leave

For separate — albeit equally wonderful — reasons, the Czech government and U.S. Navy are now offering new fathers paid leave upon the birth of a child.

Trying to win over more of the electorate, the government of father of two boys Vaclav Klaus has announced plans to overhaul the country's health care system. Included in the proposal is a plan to mandate that new fathers receive a week of paid leave and up to five more of unpaid leave to help around the home or watch some footie on the telly or change a nappie or two, or do whatever else new fathers do to bond with babies.

Hoping to keep more men in the service and compete with civilian companies, the U.S. Navy will begin giving tyro pops 10 days of paid leave. While this would seem like the ultimate perk for those sailors with a girl in every port, the powers that be have restricted the benefit only to men who have wives and whose wives have given birth.

As the father of Jakob Dylan sang (we think), "The Diapers They Are a Changin'."