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15 incredible perks for new parents beyond paid parental leave

Rachel GillettJun 21, 2016, 20:50 IST

A newborn baby and her mother in the hospital.nateone/Flickr

Increased parental leave policies have taken the US by storm of late, and this is great news for new parents or parents-to-be throughout the country.

Companies like Netflix, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Etsy that offer generous paid parental leave policies are putting to shame the country's lack of mandatory paid parental leave, and they're setting a new standard for the care of some of the country's most valuable employees.

And radical paid parental leave policies aren't the only way companies are helping new moms and dads through their transition to parenthood.

Here's how employers are showing they value families and making life for new parents that much better with generous and unique perks: