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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you're right, this country has crappy support for families/new mothers compared to other developed countries.  All the people on this thread who pretend like the economy will shut down if people get a year of parental leave have clearly never been outside of America.

That said, there are legal protections in the US for pumping at work (part of Obamacare) and it sounds like both of your employers might have violated those.  https://www.womenshealth.gov/supporting-nursing-moms-work/what-law-says-about-breastfeeding-and-work. In DC there is already free preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds, not sure where you live.

For a while I thought I wanted a third, but I decided I couldn't handle the pregnancy/newborn phase again.  If I could snap my fingers and have a 6 month old, maybe.  Anyway. I've decided two is the right number for us and I've made my peace with it.[/quote]

As an advocate for maternal paid leave, this kind of s*** infuriates me because there are actual good reasons to implement a reasonable paid leave program without resorting to misinformation and falsehoods, like youve done here. You’re the reason we haven’t gotten there yet. There is no country on this earth that offers paid leave for a year. And not many people can afford to take a year of unpaid leave. And the US is the exception when it comes to family support - most countries don’t encourage generations of families to live thousands of miles apart. People depend on their families much more than they do here.

Take your misinformation elsewhere, while those of us with actual stats and data do the work. [/quote]

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