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  • Most Americans dump their kids in daycare at 3 months of age.

    Not due to any fault of their own. FMLA (federal leave) only provides 3 months of unpaid time and many states and employers do not provide any additional coverage. So, both mom and dad are often back to work three months into their baby’s life.

    If they don’t go back to work then they lose healthcare coverage since that’s tied to employment in the US.

    If it sounds dystopian… Welcome to the ‘greatest country on earth’.

    Oh and by the way, daycare costs $1500/month so you might have to work extra to make up for all that unpaid leave you took.




  • As a Canadian living in the US I cringed hard reading OPs post.

    The state I’m in offers shit pay for leave but I was fortunate enough to be able to take it.

    I don’t see why anyone in the right financial position wouldn’t.

    America has an incredibly toxic hustle culture that’s obsessed with productivity and gives little credence to mental health, physical health or work life balance. Women feel some degree of pressure from it but it’s especially harmful to men.

    I can only imagine how American women feel though many of them are brainwashed into thinking it’s masculine for a father to largely ignore their family for work.