tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497953289459168240.post5399443286385365779..comments2023-10-30T10:31:57.815-04:00Comments on the subversive garden: Happy Mother's Day (to some anyway)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279494231517723968noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497953289459168240.post-34758983483657983612008-05-12T09:16:00.000-04:002008-05-12T09:16:00.000-04:00Thanks for this post, Putsy. As a mother who work...Thanks for this post, Putsy. As a mother who works full time, I find the Family Medical Leave Act (12 weeks unpaid leave, unless the employer creates a different policy. In my case, I am able to take pay for whatever sick/vacation time I have accumulated in my bank--which is definitely not 12 weeks) completely inadequate in a country that espouses family values. Also, with the economy in such despair, it is impossible to support a family with multiple children without two incomes (and even then....). Yet we offer little to no child care subsidies for working moms (I pay $60/per day/per child). It's outrageous. <BR/><BR/>On a lighter note, those of you interested in some social/political action on behalf of these issues in the US, check out: momsrising.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497953289459168240.post-66938158912096291942008-05-11T17:05:00.000-04:002008-05-11T17:05:00.000-04:00"typical woman in Australia or New Zealand who rec..."typical woman in Australia or New Zealand who receives over 20 years of formal education"<BR/>Sorry, as an Australian, I dont believe this - what is this statement based onAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497953289459168240.post-36209435545078845502008-05-11T16:21:00.000-04:002008-05-11T16:21:00.000-04:00Brazil has been a much better place to have kids t...Brazil has been a much better place to have kids than the US. My wife has four months paid maternity leave here, which will soon go up to six. In the US, as you noted. the situation would be drastically different, for the worse.<BR/><BR/>That is what I call pathetic, but not suprising in a country where the worker is an expendable entity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com