The topic I chose for my Senior Research is longer paid parental leave. The reason why I chose this topic is my mother struggled a lot when she had my little sister because my father could not take time off from work to be with his newborn baby or help my mother with her recovery. Due to the fact that, currently in the United States, 38% of all employers offer paid parental leave. Parents of newborns in the United States should have longer parental leave with pay because parents, especially fathers, will be more involved in the baby’s life, parental leave will benefit the child’s development, and employers will benefit from giving paid parental leave by receiving positive outcomes such as higher retention rates from employees. What I knew
