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A "Dads' Month" for Austria's daddies?

Austrian Minister of Social Security Erwin Buchinger plans to follow in the footsteps of the Scandinavian countries and introduce a "Dads' Month" in an attempt to encourage fathers to participate more in childcare. Bernd Marin says this is a good idea but doesn't go far enough. He points to neighbouring Germany's new Elterngeld (parent's money) policy. "In Germany the transition from the pitiful Erziehungsgeld (child-raising allowance) to the income-related Elterngeld doubled the number of fathers staying at home in the first quarter of 2007, and for the first time in a decade the birth rate rose... Elterngeld would indeed cost a lot more than the child-raising allowance. And we'll also need a lot more money for nursery schools and afternoon childcare. But all this will cost a lot less than paying the Ersatzzeiten [periods during which no payments are made to state pension schemes but which nonetheless count towards pension entitlement]. Why can't the grand coalition for once stop its petty bickering and 'splash out instead of just dripping', as the Germans are doing?"

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