Pregnancy policy’s The United States Should be Adopt
In the United States the average first year of a child will cost the family about $12,000 (Harris). The mother of the child has twelve weeks of leave after the baby is born (Zintl). Some parents will be unable to afford their child’s first year. In this event, government based organizations will help these families. Finland has a different perspective on children, pregnancy, and family finances. The United States should adopt some of Finland’s prenatal, and after birth ideas to create less stress with new parents and babies here in the US.
The First policy seen in Finland that should be adopted by the US is the amount of leave the women gets for having the baby. Finland offer both maternal and paternal leave. Jennifer Chait (writer of an article titled Finland’s Family Benefits Prove Why it’s Ranked the Number One Place to be a Parent …show more content…
Through the years these boxes have changed with the times. For example, before the 1950’s the boxes included sewing supplies and fabric for mothers to make their children clothing. Now the box includes premade clothing that can be bought in stores as well (Lee). Other items in the box include: winter clothing, mattress pad, sleeping bag, diapers, baby hygiene items,…etc.(Lee).the box itself is often used as a crib for the baby(Beck). Americans may complain about their child not being unique or not getting certain products they like because very child born in that year gets the same baby box. Finland’s government however offers another option to parents. This option is to receive a money grant rather than the box. The cash grant is at about 140 euros which is about 156 American dollars
In the United States the average first year of a child will cost the family about $12,000 (Harris). The mother of the child has twelve weeks of leave after the baby is born (Zintl). Some parents will be unable to afford their child’s first year. In this event, government based organizations will help these families. Finland has a different perspective on children, pregnancy, and family finances. The United States should adopt some of Finland’s prenatal, and after birth ideas to create less stress with new parents and babies here in the US.
The First policy seen in Finland that should be adopted by the US is the amount of leave the women gets for having the baby. Finland offer both maternal and paternal leave. Jennifer Chait (writer of an article titled Finland’s Family Benefits Prove Why it’s Ranked the Number One Place to be a Parent …show more content…
Through the years these boxes have changed with the times. For example, before the 1950’s the boxes included sewing supplies and fabric for mothers to make their children clothing. Now the box includes premade clothing that can be bought in stores as well (Lee). Other items in the box include: winter clothing, mattress pad, sleeping bag, diapers, baby hygiene items,…etc.(Lee).the box itself is often used as a crib for the baby(Beck). Americans may complain about their child not being unique or not getting certain products they like because very child born in that year gets the same baby box. Finland’s government however offers another option to parents. This option is to receive a money grant rather than the box. The cash grant is at about 140 euros which is about 156 American dollars