maternity leave

Overworked, Debt-Laden Gen X Opting For No Kids

October 26, 2011




I originally posted this last week at Care2.com, but wanted to have a discussion about it with my readers too. I hope you’ll chime in with your thoughts. According to a new study by the Center for Work-Life Policy, 43 percent of Gen X women and 32 percent of Gen X men do not have [...]

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Parents of twins can now both take parental leave

September 18, 2009




I love it when I get to share some good news as an update to an issue I posted on in the past. Back in November, I wrote about a couple who were having twins where both mom and dad wanted to take parental leave. In double the babies, double the work, double the leave, [...]

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Societal Barriers to Breastfeeding

September 10, 2009




When people think of breastfeeding difficulties, the things that probably come to mind are supply issues, bad latch, cracked nipples, constant feedings, and the like. Certainly, there are women who are afflicted by those difficulties and who cannot overcome them. But I believe the societal barriers to breastfeeding (propagated by the kyriarchy)  have a much [...]

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Flexible maternity and parental leave: Is it too much to ask?

August 8, 2009




You know the spoiled little rich girl complaining that her Daddy won’t buy her a Porsche and she has to make due with a BMW? If you’re American, you’ll probably think I sound like that spoiled little rich girl after reading this post. I’m sorry. I’m Canadian. I have access to almost a year of [...]

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Second guest post on Canadian Family

July 15, 2009




My second guest blog post just went up on the Canadian Family blog.  Today I’m talking about going back to work and weaning…or not weaning. Reconsidering the 11 month wean Head over there and check it out and drop me a comment with your thoughts.

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Out of sight, out of mind, out of job: The reality of job protection while on maternity or parental leave

April 27, 2009




If you think your job is safe while you are on maternity or parental leave, think again. In good economic times, when companies were hiring people right, left and centre, it may not have been easy for them to let go of someone who was pregnant or who was on maternity leave without it being [...]

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The Economics of Breastfeeding: A Cost-Benefit Analysis

April 24, 2009




This month two very different positions have emerged about the economics of breastfeeding. Someone reading either of these stories on their own could be led to believe a conclusion about the financial aspects of breastfeeding that is not entirely complete. I want to tell you a bit about what they both said and then try [...]

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Something to dream of?

November 30, 2008




How does 12 weeks of maternity leave at full pay and up to a year at 60 percent pay sound? How about 98 percent of newborns being exclusively breastfed when they leave the hospital and 72 percent exclusively breastfed at 4 months of age? Consider an infant mortality rate of 5 per 1000 live births. [...]

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Double the babies, double the work, double the leave?

November 19, 2008




In Canada, parents can take up to one year of leave after a baby is born. That includes 17.5 weeks of maternity leave for the birth mother (and 5 weeks of paternity leave for the father in Quebec), as well as an additional 32 weeks of parental leave that can be taken by the mother, [...]

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SAH or WOH? How can we stop restricting mothers’ choices?

October 9, 2008




A few weeks ago, I wrote about choice. I really think that the freedom to make choices is key in a democratic society. Just because we are able to vote in Canada, doesn’t mean that we have a true democracy (see Fair Vote Canada) and just because we theoretically have the right to choose in [...]

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