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[quote=Anonymous]There should be 10 months-1 year of paid parental leave available to be split between parents. The expectation is that time will be divided between parents. If the parent does not take their time, the other parent cannot take it for them. Use it or lose it.

Of that, at least 6 months of the leave is for the birthing spouse. All the studies say breastfeeding for 6 months is good for the baby, so mom should be home breastfeeding. Why add in another hurdle when breastfeeding can be so tough?

Non-birthing spouses should get at least 4 months with the expectation that they are home for the first month after baby is born, go back to work, then are home with baby after mom goes back to work.

Hopefully this would allow daycares to start at 6 months which may offer a small bump in spaces available at daycare centers. The ratio of students to teachers increases as kids get older and that would happen sooner after enrolling in daycare that way.

And then there need to be big changes in maternal care during/after birth. There need to be more dr. appointments, more counseling, more support groups with new moms. Being home with a newborn is so isolating. There needs to be social support, especially with so many families living apart from their extended family. I think that can be a factor in postpartum depression.[/quote]

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