77% of American workers have no paid parental leave. 1 in 4 moms goes to work 2 weeks after giving birth. Childcare costs as much as college, and the U.S. invests 0.2% of its GDP on it. For a nation seemingly set on making people have babies, we sure don't want to invest in them
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@carriecoon
I work in a group home with boys ranging from 5 to 18. We are always short staffed and underfunded. When a child has family issues no matter what and cant be cared for and are removed for safety they can become incredibly mean extremely fast. It hurts to be unloved the cycle cont
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@HeidiStevens13
Just thinking about how life would be if we, as a nation provided FREE childcare or income replacement for parents for those that stay home.
However GREED Won't allow it sadly!
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@HeidiStevens13
this,,but this country continually votes for things that are against it's own best interests
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@HeidiStevens13
My daughter want to have children but in her profession there is no paid leave. Or any other benefits.
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@HeidiStevens13
I am a community college professor and got no paid leave when I had my kids. I was lucky enough to have sick days to use. But most of my students go back to work right away.
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@HeidiStevens13
We're not a nation set on making people have babies. We're a nation set on forcing one religion upon everybody. The babies are just the pretext.
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@HeidiStevens13
I’m fairly privileged and middle class and had to go back to work after 6 weeks, in so much pain I couldn’t stand or sit for more than 30 minutes at a time. Can’t fathom what less privileged moms endure.
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