38-year-old socialite and wife of VladimirKekhmana Ida Lolo hid her interesting situation for a long time. When in April of this year her Instagram page was flooded with congratulations on the addition to the family from celebrity subscribers, Ida kept a proud silence. Even the baby's gender was not disclosed. Not a photo of a baby with a face covered by a picture of some bunny, not a picture from a walk with the whole family... There was a tummy in February of this year, and now it is gone. "Was it a boy?!" - some skeptics wondered. All the dots over the "i"s were placed by the deputy of the Novosibirsk City Council Natalia Pinus.Vladimir KekhmanPhoto: Interpress / PhotoXPress.ru"For about three months now, Vladimir Kekhman, director of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, has not gone to work. He took a three-year maternity leave and is exercising his right, as given to him by Russian law, either in Nice or Saint-Tropez," the elected representative reported on her social media page. Incidentally, for 38-year-old Ida, this child was the firstborn, but for her husband, it was the fourth. Kekhman has a daughter and two sons from a previous marriage. So the businessman has some experience in caring for a baby. It looks like this: an experienced father holds a crying baby in one hand, and deftly changes his diaper with the other. However, all this is fantasy, nothing more.
Who else
Now the man who took maternity leave has alreadyIt won't surprise anyone. In California, these are not empty words, but scientifically proven data: almost half of all young fathers, 46%, have taken such a feat. But in other states and countries, men have become more willing to take time off to spend as much time as possible with their children. Kanye West took paternity leave in 2013, when Kim Kardashian gave birth to his daughter, Nord. However, Kanye decided not to take leave to care for his second child, son Saint, who was born in 2015. Justin Timberlake took a couple of months off in April 2015. He then had a son, Silas Randall. Prince William gave up his duties as heir to the British crown for two whole weeks. In July 2013, Kate Middleton gave birth to his son, George. When Charlotte was born in 2015, William took 6 weeks of unpaid leave. The founder of the most popular social network Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, took two months of parental leave when he and his wife Priscilla had a daughter, Max. Moreover, he soon signed a decree according to which all employees of his company, having become parents, have the right to 4 months of paid parental leave. The star of the series "Mukhtar. New Trace" Vladimir Feklenko, when his daughter Miroslava was born, decided to take a year off to help his wife. In 2006, the leader of the group "Spleen" Alexander Vasiliev also gave up concert activity for a while. And also for a good reason - the birth of his son.