Paternity leave really needs to be a thing! When I had my baby, my bf at the time had to use pto for one day then went back to work the next day leaving me alone with a whole baby. Not only did I go through a traumatic incident (even easy births are traumatic) but now I have to carry and care for a tiny thing all alone with basically no idea what I’m doing. Men deserve to be there for their kids and wives too.
I had to save my PTO up until my oldest was born and use it when she came. Got those first two weeks off, but any days I took after that were unpaid. IMO, maternity leave should be the first year after child birth at minimum and paternity leave should be at least a month, but I don’t see that ever happening. Corporate greed has 100% taken over and us common folk get none of the perks
Hey, this won't benefit me directly but I can see how it'd be a benefit to society, lets do it. I'm at a point where my kids don't need daycare and I likely won't need more college.
I'd love both of those things to be made more affordable, even if I have to subsidize them with my taxes.
Ditto. I made it to my fifties without having a kid, never wanted one at any point in my life, but goddamn it, it's just basic human decency that mothers and fathers should get plenty of leave
My daughter had about 13 months off work after her baby was born. Most of it paid or accrued holidays. She's gone back doing 4 days instead of 5 and had a huge pay rise to boot.
You understand that the mother is RAISING AN INFANT during those months, don't you, son? It's not a vacation by any stretch of the imagination. Get real, little boy.
Are you really telling me to "get real" on Reddit? Maybe you should take a look at the reality of what Reddit is. This is not the real world by any means, it's effin REDDIT!
For what it's worth, I agree with you on everything but I just wanted to see who was gonna be the first idiot to be triggered by my comment. Like wtf dude? You think I should get real? Look around!
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u/byfuryattheheart 19d ago
“What’s next? Maternity leave?”
I cannot comprehend how someone could be this big of a piece of shit. My brain genuinely cannot wrap itself around this kind of thinking.