[rogercolleridge]

Boy, is THIS ever true. I've noticed it at every job I've ever had. The parents rush out the door at the dot of quitting time, while the childless employees are told, not asked, to work late. If you're childless, no excuse is good enough to get out of overtime. If you suggest that maybe the parents should do their share, they look at you as if you are a heartless monster. "But she's got to pick up her kids!!!!!!" Well, she chose to have kids. Maybe I've got something to do after work, too, something that may not involve kids, but is just as important to me.

Not to mention the maternity leave (six weeks with pay) at my company. Half of the women who have taken it have NOT returned to work afterwars, which in my eyes is criminal.

[ReaganGirl]

Not to mention the maternity leave...

Actually it's not called maternity leave anymore..it's called "Family and Medical leave" and it no longer applies only to maternity. Fathers can take it up to six weeks, and any employee in the US can take if for a variety of reasons...to care for an elderly parent, spouse, etc.

I wasn't a big fan of it and lobbied against it before it passed, simply because I thought that it was bad for business. The Democrat controlled House and Senate passed it anyway so now it's the law.

I suppose that people could refuse to accept the money for time away from work....to each his/her own according to their own conscience.

I own my own business so it doesn't really apply to me.

[Aggie Mama]

So, you'd rather those kids be in daycare, right? Perhaps they should take the kids away right after birth, so those mothers don't bond with the babies; then they'll have no problem going back to work.