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Replying to @HPluckrose
Mothers need at least one year of paid maternity leave. Anything less than that is ridiculous. We also need to have full time fall from 40 down to 25-30 with a living wage. I am a SAHM once again. I wouldn’t give this time up for the world.
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Replying to @GaiaRiot
I just don't think people would employ women, then. And it wouldn't be very fair on fathers who would also like to take that year. Is this doable? Would the work still get done?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Fathers should also have leave, but mothers have the boobs and go through pregnancy and birth and breastfeeding. It takes our bodies two years to fully recover from this. Our recovery and bonding with the child takes precedence.
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Replying to @GaiaRiot
Recovery, yes. Bonding, no. That's important for both.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
There is primary and secondary bonding. It is most important, biologically speaking, to be close to the mother. Secondary bonds develop with the father when he is home or during the paternity leave, which should coincide with mom’s leave so the family can bond together as a unit.
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Replying to @GaiaRiot
Is there evidence of this? If we were able to have a second one, it would have been my husband who wanted to be main carer. He's a lot better at it and enjoys it more. More nurturing.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I wasn’t implying that we shouldn’t have a choice on who stays home. That should definitely be up to each couple. One of my best friends works and her husband stayed home. She makes more. Her husband is an excellent dad. My SO is an excellent dad but he makes six times what I do.
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Replying to @GaiaRiot @HPluckrose
I also want to stay home with my baby as I do not want to pay others to raise my children for me. I was working at my oldest son’s Montessori school, which I still sometimes get called in to work for substitution. But I can bring my baby with me for that, so I am lucky.
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That's a bit all or nothing tho. I didn't get other people to raise my child for me. I was still her primary parent. I just had my own interests and work too.
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