(Military service isn’t compulsory for women in Switzerland.)

Economics isn’t the only good argument for fathers spending more than one “family day” with their infant child before returning to work. There’s plenty of evidence that dads spending time with their kids is good for children, fathers, and mothers. Perhaps the answer lies in a reply to Schaede’s tweet: “They should use the military recruits to baby sit for tired parents.”

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