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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855

    dnc said:

    A lot of very strange anti-paternity leave takes.

    Lets encourage and normalize Dads as active hands-on parents from birth onward.

    Not sure how the stay-at-home moms did it in the 1950s, probably with lots of booze and general neglect, but I would fucking kill myself if I had to be trapped alone with my kids all day every day with no help from other parent and I'm pretty sure my wife feels the same.

    My wife is mostly a stay at home mom (she works about 12 hours a week) and does an awesome job with our kids. I 100% took two weeks off for the birth of all three of them and she was well deserving of the support and certainly much more than that.

    Paternity leave is more about taking care of the mom than the kid IMO. I got better at understanding that with each kid we had.
    Well sure, taking care of the mom by helping take care of the baby I guess.

    I took two weeks for baby one and 11 weeks for baby two. Would go back and take full leave for baby one if I could partly because fuck any sense of loyalty and obligation I felt to my employer at that time.
    You get paid for the whole 11?
  • Fire_Marshall_Bill
    Fire_Marshall_Bill Member Posts: 26,175 Standard Supporter

    A lot of very strange anti-paternity leave takes.

    Lets encourage and normalize Dads as active hands-on parents from birth onward.

    Not sure how the stay-at-home moms did it in the 1950s, probably with lots of booze and general neglect, but I would fucking kill myself if I had to be trapped alone with my kids all day every day with no help from other parent and I'm pretty sure my wife feels the same.

    They did it fine and families were way less fucked up. Men were still respected.
  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 69,897 Founders Club

    A lot of very strange anti-paternity leave takes.

    Lets encourage and normalize Dads as active hands-on parents from birth onward.

    Not sure how the stay-at-home moms did it in the 1950s, probably with lots of booze and general neglect, but I would fucking kill myself if I had to be trapped alone with my kids all day every day with no help from other parent and I'm pretty sure my wife feels the same.

    Maybe I didn't articulate myself as well as I could have. But my thing is, there are very few UW games to call every year, and it's one day a week. If you want to take the other six days and be with your family, that's great. I'm no caveman. But staying home and missing Saturday is a very 2021 thing to do.
  • FremontTroll
    FremontTroll Member Posts: 4,744
    LawDawg1 said:

    dnc said:

    A lot of very strange anti-paternity leave takes.

    Lets encourage and normalize Dads as active hands-on parents from birth onward.

    Not sure how the stay-at-home moms did it in the 1950s, probably with lots of booze and general neglect, but I would fucking kill myself if I had to be trapped alone with my kids all day every day with no help from other parent and I'm pretty sure my wife feels the same.

    My wife is mostly a stay at home mom (she works about 12 hours a week) and does an awesome job with our kids. I 100% took two weeks off for the birth of all three of them and she was well deserving of the support and certainly much more than that.

    Paternity leave is more about taking care of the mom than the kid IMO. I got better at understanding that with each kid we had.
    Well sure, taking care of the mom by helping take care of the baby I guess.

    I took two weeks for baby one and 11 weeks for baby two. Would go back and take full leave for baby one if I could partly because fuck any sense of loyalty and obligation I felt to my employer at that time.
    Not all women drop a deuce like that and are 100% next day. Some have surgeries, complications, and heal up after paying the doc for some extra stitches. It’s taking care of the kid, other children, and definitely the mom.
    For sure, childbirth is the most insane thing I've ever witnessed. Recovery has got to be rough although the most severe physical limitations only last a couple weeks. My wife will be back to kicking my ass in the gym in short order though.
  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 69,897 Founders Club

    dnc said:

    A lot of very strange anti-paternity leave takes.

    Lets encourage and normalize Dads as active hands-on parents from birth onward.

    Not sure how the stay-at-home moms did it in the 1950s, probably with lots of booze and general neglect, but I would fucking kill myself if I had to be trapped alone with my kids all day every day with no help from other parent and I'm pretty sure my wife feels the same.

    My wife is mostly a stay at home mom (she works about 12 hours a week) and does an awesome job with our kids. I 100% took two weeks off for the birth of all three of them and she was well deserving of the support and certainly much more than that.

    Paternity leave is more about taking care of the mom than the kid IMO. I got better at understanding that with each kid we had.
    Well sure, taking care of the mom by helping take care of the baby I guess.

    I took two weeks for baby one and 11 weeks for baby two. Would go back and take full leave for baby one if I could partly because fuck any sense of loyalty and obligation I felt to my employer at that time.
    If you don't mind me asking, are you a government worker? Or did you take full advantage of FMLA?
  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,783 Standard Supporter

    I can see taking the day of the birth off. If you're a man, don't take "paternity leave," take some form of PTO...

    No, in WA State you take paternity so that you can take advantage of the paid leave act that we're all forced to pay in to. Doesn't cover much of my total pay, but better than nothing and burning all of my PTO.
  • LawDawg1
    LawDawg1 Member Posts: 3,945
    edited November 2021
    Gates Foundation used to offer 12 months paid leave for both parents. Now it’s 6 months with 6 months additional pay I believe.