We should start a federal maternity/parental leave… leaving your baby at 6 weeks for daycare is so devastating and so wrong. Mom and dad aren’t even raising their babies, more time is necessary. In Europe, my best friend has 12 mo maternity leave and dad has 15 weeks. We should do better to raise better humans!!
I wish I could vote for this a million times. I am a full time working mom of 3 kids and I was blessed to get 12 weeks. It was still nowhere near enough time. A year MINIMUM should be the normal. You never get that time back. I still struggle with all that I miss bc I have to work. It would have been such a blessing to get that bonding time. As a nurse, I also think this would improve post partum mental health issues immensely