Better paternity leave wouldn’t just help Daddy | Letters
There is a way for both parents to ‘have it all’ in terms of paid leave – but it’s a challenge, writes Leila Froud, while Alison Smith says mothers should be better reimbursed. Plus, Jol Miskin on the ‘dad strike’I’m so pleased that paternity leave is getting some air time and there is a campaign to increase it (The Guardian view on paternity leave: campaigners are right to demand more, 5 May). Probably in part because I follow the Pregnant Then Screwed campaigns, my husband and I have discussed this in depth. He is now due to be taking a full six months of shared parental leave from his workplace this year.With our first baby, he was at home but working self‑employed, so had no benefits. I suffered with postnatal depression, and struggled with breastfeeding and the anxiety of trying to do it all right. Continue reading...
There is a way for both parents to ‘have it all’ in terms of paid leave – but it’s a challenge, writes Leila Froud, while Alison Smith says mothers should be better reimbursed. Plus, Jol Miskin on the ‘dad strike’
I’m so pleased that paternity leave is getting some air time and there is a campaign to increase it (The Guardian view on paternity leave: campaigners are right to demand more, 5 May). Probably in part because I follow the Pregnant Then Screwed campaigns, my husband and I have discussed this in depth. He is now due to be taking a full six months of shared parental leave from his workplace this year.
With our first baby, he was at home but working self‑employed, so had no benefits. I suffered with postnatal depression, and struggled with breastfeeding and the anxiety of trying to do it all right. Continue reading...
