Social media ads, tv ads, and magazine ads make it seem like having a baby is a piece of cake. On the ads, we see a different story behind what parenthood really is, emotionally and financially. Having a baby is already expensive with, formulas, dippers, clothing and child care. But, why pay for child care for a new born? Well, because we live in a country that offers only twelve weeks of unpaid parental leave, meaning that parents can take up twelve weeks without having the fear of losing their jobs, but parents don’t get income in those twelve weeks. That’s it. America is a first world country that does not support their families. America is one of two countries that don’t offer paid parental leave, New Guinea, a third world country being
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Our current economy in some cases requires two incomes in order to live a more stable life. When a new baby comes in the picture, one of the parents has to stay home and provide for the baby. With our current parental leave, families get twelve weeks of unpaid leave. This is a problem because having a baby is not just going to going to required emotional adjustments, but it is also going to need families to be adjust financially. In the first year of life, a baby can cost up to 10,000 dollars, if a family stays without one income out of two it can create financial stress. In some cases parents don’t even take the parental leave because the losing income can be a major setback. Washington center for equitable growth has an article by Heather Boushey title the following “Paid leave is good for our families and our economy’; In her article she has a study that states the following “According to a recent survey by the U.S. Department of Labor and Abt Associates, 46 percent of those who need leave but don’t take it cited an inability to afford the time off.” (1) This an important statement because it shows that families are scare to use the current parental leave because financially they cannot afford it. This a major reason why America needs to fix their current parental leave and provide paid parental leave. Modern families rely on two incomes to live a stable like it has been mention before,
Our current economy in some cases requires two incomes in order to live a more stable life. When a new baby comes in the picture, one of the parents has to stay home and provide for the baby. With our current parental leave, families get twelve weeks of unpaid leave. This is a problem because having a baby is not just going to going to required emotional adjustments, but it is also going to need families to be adjust financially. In the first year of life, a baby can cost up to 10,000 dollars, if a family stays without one income out of two it can create financial stress. In some cases parents don’t even take the parental leave because the losing income can be a major setback. Washington center for equitable growth has an article by Heather Boushey title the following “Paid leave is good for our families and our economy’; In her article she has a study that states the following “According to a recent survey by the U.S. Department of Labor and Abt Associates, 46 percent of those who need leave but don’t take it cited an inability to afford the time off.” (1) This an important statement because it shows that families are scare to use the current parental leave because financially they cannot afford it. This a major reason why America needs to fix their current parental leave and provide paid parental leave. Modern families rely on two incomes to live a stable like it has been mention before,