Comments on: Families, Finances, Sanity At Risk http://www.parentingdiva.com/2008/07/10/families-finances-sanity-at-risk/ Parenting With Lemons Fri, 18 May 2012 08:52:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: iPhone App Developer http://www.parentingdiva.com/2008/07/10/families-finances-sanity-at-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-61804 iPhone App Developer Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:15:10 +0000 http://www.parentingdiva.com/2008/07/10/families-finances-sanity-at-risk/#comment-61804 Very interesting thoughts on Maternity leave. Very interesting thoughts on Maternity leave.

]]> By: Ralph Lauren Outlet http://www.parentingdiva.com/2008/07/10/families-finances-sanity-at-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-27724 Ralph Lauren Outlet Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:24:44 +0000 http://www.parentingdiva.com/2008/07/10/families-finances-sanity-at-risk/#comment-27724 Holly, I love this and when I first saw it, I knew I had to make something like it for our church library window display for July 4th. Thanks so much for posting it, for the link to the template and the explanation of how you put it together. Happy 4th of July! Holly, I love this and when I first saw it, I knew I had to make something like it for our church library window display for July 4th. Thanks so much for posting it, for the link to the template and the explanation of how you put it together. Happy 4th of July!

]]> By: Dannie http://www.parentingdiva.com/2008/07/10/families-finances-sanity-at-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-1668 Dannie Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:11:19 +0000 http://www.parentingdiva.com/2008/07/10/families-finances-sanity-at-risk/#comment-1668 @ Dawn: Thank you for your comment. In researching maternity leave for this article, I wasn't surprised at comments left on other forums by parents. Moms and dads are having to make choices most don't want to make when they have a new baby. In general, companies don't feel that it is their responsibility - it was not their choice for the couple to have a child. Unfortuantely parents in the US have to make decisions like this everyday and do so because they need the pay in order to survive. Many advocacy groups are fighting for better leave packages for both parents and they are making some strides. We are up to 3 states now that are mandating better leave packages. Hopefully all of the states will have something. Slow, but a start. @ Dawn: Thank you for your comment. In researching maternity leave for this article, I wasn’t surprised at comments left on other forums by parents. Moms and dads are having to make choices most don’t want to make when they have a new baby. In general, companies don’t feel that it is their responsibility - it was not their choice for the couple to have a child. Unfortuantely parents in the US have to make decisions like this everyday and do so because they need the pay in order to survive.

Many advocacy groups are fighting for better leave packages for both parents and they are making some strides. We are up to 3 states now that are mandating better leave packages. Hopefully all of the states will have something. Slow, but a start.

]]> By: dawn http://www.parentingdiva.com/2008/07/10/families-finances-sanity-at-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-1637 dawn Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:27:30 +0000 http://www.parentingdiva.com/2008/07/10/families-finances-sanity-at-risk/#comment-1637 Hi, just reading this makes me so angry...I'm English but I live in Luxembourg, where fortunately we get 20 weeks full pay leave -paid by the company- then both parents get a further 6 months paid leave- paid by the government-which can be taken at anytime until the child is aged 5. At the moment this paid leave at 6 months is a set pay she for me, being at a lower level than my husband means it is about 90% of my full pay, and for my husband it means about 60% of his full pay. this means that I got 2 months off before my daughters birth and then i got a further 9 months after her birth, then my husband will be able to get 6 months off, so she will be 15 months old before we have to worry about paying for childcare! Considering America, even if the government won't pay its disgusting that the companies dont have the morality to pay out....I can see how the government can become unattached - they dont have to deal with it personally but companies have to see mothers leave their babies at 6 weeks and go back to work...i just couldn't do it. I know that normally you thank god that you had the fortune of being born in a developed country but hearing this im also thanking god that I wasn't born in USA! Which is quite shocking, considering their wealth! Hi,

just reading this makes me so angry…I’m English but I live in Luxembourg, where fortunately we get 20 weeks full pay leave -paid by the company- then both parents get a further 6 months paid leave- paid by the government-which can be taken at anytime until the child is aged 5. At the moment this paid leave at 6 months is a set pay she for me, being at a lower level than my husband means it is about 90% of my full pay, and for my husband it means about 60% of his full pay. this means that I got 2 months off before my daughters birth and then i got a further 9 months after her birth, then my husband will be able to get 6 months off, so she will be 15 months old before we have to worry about paying for childcare!
Considering America, even if the government won’t pay its disgusting that the companies dont have the morality to pay out….I can see how the government can become unattached - they dont have to deal with it personally but companies have to see mothers leave their babies at 6 weeks and go back to work…i just couldn’t do it.
I know that normally you thank god that you had the fortune of being born in a developed country but hearing this im also thanking god that I wasn’t born in USA! Which is quite shocking, considering their wealth!

]]> By: Laurel http://www.parentingdiva.com/2008/07/10/families-finances-sanity-at-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-1355 Laurel Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:40:09 +0000 http://www.parentingdiva.com/2008/07/10/families-finances-sanity-at-risk/#comment-1355 Thanks for this great post Dannie! Glad to see that I wasn't alone with this issue. With my first, I got 6 paid wks & was grateful - w/my twins, I used 401k & my husband - it really is rediculous. There's little to no support out there for parents & change won't occur until parents are seen as a valuable part of our world. Thanks for this great post Dannie! Glad to see that I wasn’t alone with this issue. With my first, I got 6 paid wks & was grateful - w/my twins, I used 401k & my husband - it really is rediculous. There’s little to no support out there for parents & change won’t occur until parents are seen as a valuable part of our world.

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