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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No and I also find it frustrating. I have 4 kids who I had before my employer, the federal government, offered any paid parental leave. By the last 2 I was out of sick and annual balances so I took unpaid leave for just  8 weeks after a difficult birth because we really couldn’t afford anything more. The men who announce their 12 weeks of paid bonding time make me extremely resentful.[/quote]

Time to put on your big girl pants and GET OVER IT. [/quote]

No, the man in my office who just came back from 12 weeks of paid playing golf time while his wife, mother, mother-in-law and infant were at home are extremely frustrating. I know he did some bonding and helping mom, but the 12 weeks for dads when most moms don't get that much is absurd and I am also very resentful I had to cover his work for his extra vacation. All of the older parents in my office look sideways at the dads who take paid parental leave for more than a couple of weeks.[/quote]

Boo hoo, you don’t like how others are spending their leave. Sounds like the arrangement is working well for him and his family!
You sound obsessed with your coworker tbh. Hope he files an HR complaint on your creepy self. [/quote]

No I don't like that men get this leave in the first place. Parental leave for men is another example of how we've stopped valuing women in the name of misguided gender equality ideology.[/quote]

The point is really to help the mom out or even help the infant to stay with a family member instead of going to childcare at 3 months old (even if the guy in PP’s example wasn’t really using it that way).
My DH took about 2 weeks off but then I was still left alone exhausted and caring for my baby. It would have helped if he could have more time off. Or, it would have helped if he staggered the time off after I went back to work.[/quote]

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