You aren't kidding about that. I'm a mother of two young ones. About 18 mos. ago I joined a mother's group to get kids together. You would not have believed how ticked these women were that they had to choose their kids or their jobs. They said they should have a mandatory ONE YEAR maternity leave, paid preferably and guess who they wanted to enforce that employers gave it.Of course I spoke out, not to mention I was shunned shortly after. I would say as far as mothers were concerned, I was in the minority in thinking that women(families really) have to make a choice once they have a child and if you choose to stay home, then you choose to resign from your career indefinitely unless you have the motivation to start a business or consulting from home. The sick thing of course is one of these gals was a teacher(she was the most verbal FOR this) and she could have EASILY done tutoring on the side for probably a pretty good income--problem solved! No need to waste a job and you still have a resume with experience on it. It made me wonder what she really wanted which sounded like a free ride for a year.
"It made me wonder what she really wanted which sounded like a free ride for a year."
That's why socialism has always sounded so good. Who doesn't want a free ride? Who wants to have to work? Doesn't everyone want to be born rich, and if not, then made rich by something magical happening?!
Enter politicians promising things for free. Fully paid maternity leave for a year? Heck, why not double-pay for two years?? It's "overtime" to actually have to take time off, right?! Where does the madness stop? Paid time off. "Free" day care. Free prescription drugs. Free health care. Free houses. What's next, free cars??
Heaven forbid that a politician actually get elected without promising a bunch of slackers a lot of money from other hard-working taxpayers...