“It’s the most important thing I’ve ever done,” one father said, while another described raising a daughter as “an adventure every single day.” Polish dads on fulltime employment contracts can also take two weeks paid paternity leave. But this year's Father's Day celebrations come amid a wider demographic debate over Poland’s falling fertility rate and state responses to this national challenge, with the country’s total fertility rate dropping to around 1.1 in 2024 despite generous family‑benefit schemes.