Sweden is giving new fathers 3 months of paid parental leave, to go with paid leave for mothers.

The reason why parental leave is important is so that newborn people get a good start on life. Likewise for other programs that support families; skimping on a child's nutrition, medical care, education or causing stress can cause irreparable lifelong harm.

These programs may also encourage some people to have more children. This is a negative effect, but surely small by comparison with the good done for children. We can easily overcome it through birth control assistance to the poor.