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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
This is why parental leave needs to be a federal law and set at 6 months MINIMUM. 
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Then people can take more or less as they wish, but at least mothers won't be bothered for taking 5 months. It's so little for an infant who needs his mother to bond and start off life secure and well cared for. There are so many daycares that do a poor job caring for infants - my son was in one because we could not afford the alternative. I feel guilty to this day, and I know this is the lot of most parents. It's the lucky few who are able to afford quality care when they go back to work.

[b]I suggest you reply that Europeans have much more generous parental leave and that research has shown babies fare better when they spend more of that first year of life with their parents.[/b]
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That is horrible advice.  You'll sound like a preachy a-hole.  Particularly if they already had kids and took a standard 12 weeks.  Or even the 6-8 that they get paid.  Then not only are you dumping all your work on them for five months, you're essentially telling them they didn't make the best parenting choices.

OP, these people are being jerks, but please understand that they are projecting their anger on you when it should be projected on your boss, who was the one to approve your leave.  It doesn't matter if you "do good work."  You're making everyone else do your work for almost half a year.  Have you done the same for them?  [/quote]

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