Summary of The US Needs Paid Family Leave – for the Sake of Its Future

Jessica Shortall

TED Conferences LLC, 2015 more...

The US Needs Paid Family Leave – for the Sake of Its Future summary

The United States is the only major economy that fails to offer national paid leave to new moms. Now it is time for a change.

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The United States is the only major economy in the world that doesn’t offer working women any national paid maternity leave. Social entrepreneur Jessica Shortall chastises Americans for allowing working moms to bear the main financial, physical and emotional burden of birthing and raising children, and gives an impassioned call for action. To buttress her case, she relays the harrowing stories of several new parents who returned to work to soon. getAbstract appreciates Shortall’s fervent effort to shine a light on this often-conveniently overlooked issue.

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Why stock photo images of happy working moms are harmful
Why giving birth and returning to work are not choices
How national paid parental leave would help American families while improving the US economic outlook

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If you enter the words “working mother” into a search engine, you’ll find countless staged images of happy women at their computers with smiling babies on their laps. These pictures deliver a false message that mothers of newborns can easily and successfully juggle home and work life. A more accurate...

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