Re:Study: Today’s dads are engaging more with their kids
by sjg007 on Thursday June 14, 2018 @09:50PM
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Seems weird to discriminate against adoptive parents... I understand the reasoning but seems weird. It would probably be better to have a medical policy applicable to everyone.
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Re:Study: Today’s dads are engaging more with their kids
by koliber on Friday June 15, 2018 @06:15AM
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I think you are framing it incorrectly as discrimination.
If one stretches such an analogy, one could reason that paid sick leave is discriminating against healthy people. Not many people would agree with that one.
As you've stated, a sensible medical policy for everyone would be good. I would imagine that Google has a one.
Re:Study: Today’s dads are engaging more with their kids
by workinthehead on Friday June 15, 2018 @11:31AM
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Absolutely I agree that paid sick leave is discriminating against healthy people. If you're going to pay people to not work, everyone should be equally eligible.
Re:Study: Today’s dads are engaging more with their kids
by fjsolwmv on Friday June 15, 2018 @12:47AM
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Adoption isn't a debilitating medical condition so why would you get medical leave for it in addition to parental leave?
Re:Study: Today’s dads are engaging more with their kids
by fjones11 on Friday June 15, 2018 @10:14AM
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I think OP means that birth mothers get a little more time than fathers and adoptive parents. Having a baby is rough on the body, and there's a lot more to the physical recovery afterwards than most people realize. For example, if you have a c-section, it takes approximately 6 weeks to recover from that, and there are certain physical side effects that make it more difficult to work from an office until recovery is complete.
So that part is more like medical leave than parental leave (even though you're also parenting at the time).
Re:Study: Today’s dads are engaging more with their kids
by pastor_williams on Friday June 15, 2018 @12:00AM
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Adopted parents aren't excluded. You get the leave whether you are becoming a parent through adoption, surrogacy, child birth or fostering.