Parental Leave Essay

States has failed to make sure employees have access to paid leave, while the rest of the modern world offers at least some leave. President Obama, in his State of the Union address, said that, “‘We are the only advanced country on Earth that doesn’t guarantee paid sick leave or paid maternity leave to our workers. Forty-three million workers have no paid sick leave. . .’”(qtd. in Sandler). This number is astounding because family and sick leave in other countries is considered one of the basic…

A vast majority of the population would still agree I think, that the normal family is an influence for good in society and that one-parent families are bad news. Since not many single parents can both earn a living and give children the love and care they need, society has to support them; the children suffer through lacking one parent. Quoted in Fletcher, 1988 The term Matrifocal is defined as female headed households, it was described as truncated and inadequate family structures in which…

Film Review: Room “Truck. Wiggle out. Jump. Run. Somebody.” Lenny Abrahamson’s Room is just a story of primitive living. It is Emma Donoghue’s critically-acclaimed novel of growth in an enclosed room between a mother and son. And it blossoms into something much more -- a plant, a flower. The dynamic duo between Abrahamson’s melodramatic direction and Donoghue’s brilliant story sheds light on the beauty of life and growth. This is Donoghue’s story (and her first screenplay). Like Abrahamson’s…

that if one person or a community were to outwardly change that the people and areas around them would look at their mess and want to change their ways as well. How does this effect the epidemic of fatherlessness? What causes men to leave their children? Men leave due to selfishness, crime, and the culture. So if individuals were to live in selflessness, live with honor towards the law, and to create a culture that promotes fatherhood by promoting integrity, and teaching respect for women and…

parent-child communication about sex and the role that family structure plays in the communication between the parent and child. This area of study is important to examine as we know that the media can shape the perspectives of individuals, however it leaves us to question to what extent the media shapes conversations about sex within a family unit. We may often take for granted how our opinions are influenced by media and that we, as a society, might not acknowledge their full impact on…

the wheel of the car, but you can see right through them” (Just). This claim is completely ridiculous because although Collins does place Katniss’ mother “in an appearance at the stove,” after she finally gets medication for her condition and can leave her bed, she most certainly serves an important purpose within the novel, which is not making soup. Her actions sculpt Katniss into the fighter she becomes, and without her fulfilling the role of the checked out parent, Katniss would not have…

Paid Maternity Leave in the United States From the abject misery of Haiti, past the streets of Afghanistan, and to the slums of Djibouti, working women and men all have something in common; paid maternity leave. The poorest and most corrupt nations in the world, along with the most advanced and modernized, all have laws in place for ensuring pay when a mother has a child (Lerner). Most of the countries in the world have caught on to this necessary enforcement for working families, with an…

in a safe position to tell their story, or who simply don’t want to tell the world what occurred. Many people are living in the same house as their abusers, or depend upon them in some other way (parental abuse, a victim’s children may be involved). In cases such as these, the “why don’t you just leave” argument that many victims are subjected to can never work. Never. Because it is well documented that women can die from saying ‘no’ or by leaving. I love that women are speaking out in terms of…

families with food insecurities expose themselves and their children to malnutrition (a short-term effect of poverty). Yet with the inability to provide a balanced meal and other basic necessities such as shelter and clothing, low-income families leave their child vulnerable to poverty-related stress. If the child experiences this poverty-related stress then they are later affected not only their mental health but also their well-being. The risk only continues to increased with chronic exposure…

Raising Glass Children Children and by extension all people are glass, glass absorbs the fingerprints of those who hold it and the scratches of those who are careless. The idea that raising a child properly via simple adherence to a child raising doctrine is absurd. Mitch Albom, in “The Five "People You Meet In Heaven” laments that parents can “smudge” “crack” and even “shatter” the “pristine glass” that symbolizes youth and teenagers, what Albom fails to recognize is that it is not only…