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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Biglaw. 20 weeks primary caregiver and 4 weeks secondary caregiver (this is an illegal policy, but I digress).[/quote]

How so? It’s fairly common to offer less to the person who did not give birth. [/quote]

You can give 6-8 weeks extra to the person who gives birth, not 16 weeks extra. [/quote]

6-8 weeks is only for the dinner size plate hole to reduce. It's not an actual recovery timeline. With that said, for a woman (yes, a woman) to recover from birth it usually means she needs to rest, which means you cant be solely responsible for a newborn. So, minimum the woman who gave birth and her partner (if there is one) should receive minimum 16 weeks both. In the interests of baby safely entering daycare, minimum 6 mos. Ideally for attachment purposes 6mos-18mo total between both parents. [/quote]

I agree with you conceptually, but in the United States of America, this would be highly unusual as a benefit.[/quote]

Yes, I agree. But why not shoot for the moon and then actually get something resembling necessary versus what we have now which is- as this post demonstrates- all over the place and completely dependent on the whims of your employer.

As far as the adoption poster goes, thats really unfortunate. You should have both been able to make dedicated time to bond. And if you dont understand the fact that an infant or younger child was removed from their mother (in terms of the infants perspective) then thats even more unfortunate. It does take time to make primary caregiver bonds. And consistency. And every baby, regardless of what is going on in the outside world, comes out expecting their mother. Their smell, their heartbeat, their voice. [/quote]

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