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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok yes, sure, dads who misuse parental leave suck and ruin it for the rest of us. But how do people not see that we set women up for being the default parent throughout their working career if we only give women maternity leave and not parental leave to all parents? In an ideal world, my husband and I would both have 14-16 weeks of leave and could stagger it so baby doesn’t have to go to daycare until much older. As it is, he got 2 weeks of leave, and so I did almost everything. He took the first week off and then a few days here and there when I was losing my mind with a colicky second.

It actually really irritates me to hear people crap on parental leave. Do we think dads have no responsibility? It’s just moms that shoulder the burden? It’s not like that’s going to magically change once mom goes back to work if dad hasn’t been the primary parent for an extended amount of time.[/quote]

+1.  And I get feeling envious- we missed out on parental leave and both my kids were in daycare at 3 months.  It sucked.  I AM a bit envious of my colleagues who can now stagger their parental leaves to keep the baby home 6 months and then still have sick and annual leave to full back on rather than having to burn that right off the bat.  But I'm also happy for them and it's the right thing to do.  And I want it to be easier for my own kids if they choose to be parents someday.  Plus anecdotally, the availability of infant daycare spots seems even worse than it used to be just a few years ago; getting a spot at 3 months is not easy.[/quote]

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