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Research from Israel shows that when more time is given off to new fathers, the more their brain changes to better suit them to be a parent (Thompson). Being around the new child and caring for them allows the father to share responsibilities that a baby brings along. Having time to dedicate solely to the child gives the father the ability to bond with their baby. A study by two Columbia University professors discovered that fathers who are given time off (two or more weeks) are more involved with their child’s lives in nine months, proving that better parental relationships come from paid paternity leave (“Columbia News”). Paternity leave also creates a foundation of trust between father and child, and relieves the pressure put on mothers. When fathers are around immediately after the baby is born, mothers are not forced to do all the work around the house while caring for a newborn. The two-week (or more) time frame when fathers are around would allow for a period where both parents can get settled and adapt to taking care of the child. In Sweden, to qualify for government benefits, the father is required to take off two months from work before the child becomes eight years old. More research has proven that for every month that fathers took leave to take care of their child, the income of mothers increased about 7% (Johansson, Elly-Ann). Thus, paternity leave not only benefits the newborn child, but also mothers. This paid leave can give new parents the ability to get to know their child and adapt to the new responsibilities. There are a multitude of countries that provide paid paternity leave, and the United States is one of nine counties who does not have this option. There is no reason that fathers should not have an allotted time to spend at home with their child and spouse, and so this country should mandate the option of giving paid paternity

Statistics show that in almost half of the families in the United States, both parents work full time, and the mothers are the primary breadwinner in 40% of these households (Maternity Leave and Employment Patterns 399). This means that most families are frustrated during the maternity leave. The situation is worse when it comes to the homes that depend on the mother as the sole breadwinner. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention women who received three months or more paid maternity leave had a higher probability of breastfeeding their babies for no less than six months than those who did not get any paid leave. Remember that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that mothers should breastfeed their newborn babies for at least six months after birth. This enhances the health of both the mother and her kid. Nevertheless, how will expectant single mothers survive without paid leave? The chances are that those who cannot save enough for delivery and upkeep of a child will avoid pregnancy or delivery, and this can be achieved through the use of contraceptives and abortion. However, these aspects can hamper America’s population. Henceforth, the United States government has to develop and back a maternity leave payment policy. In spite of significant transformations, the U.S. is the only developed nation with no paid maternity leaves, according to data collected by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The minimum amount of paid leave allowable in fellow developed nations is approximately two months. Estonia offers the best maternity leave provision which entails one and half years paid leave to new parents. Thus, how come the U.S. with all its resources is not offering paid maternity leave? Besides, the U.S. financially supports most of the

In another study, “The Working Wife: Differences in Perception among Negro and White Males” the results showed that “the white male less inclined to believe a wife should work outside the home, he was more likely than the Negro male (w = 66.5 percent; N = 53.7 percent) to define the wife's employment as having a potentially detrimental effect on school-age children.” (Axelson 458) Therefore, the outcomes of this study have shown that it is possible for there to be differences in opinion based on race on the working mother. In addition, since the respondents are from the United States each country has their own laws about paid leaves for new mothers. The United States does not have paid leaves for new mothers unlike other industrialized countries. For example, “Sweden offers nearly a year and a half of 80% paid leave for mothers and fathers while breastfeeding rates there far exceed those in the United States (In the United Kingdom, many women are eligible for up to 52 weeks leave at 90% pay.” (Turner 398) Therefore, paid

Budge, a sociology professor has found that on average for every birth a woman suffers a 4% salary decrease while men receive a 6% pay raise, increasing the pay gap between genders (see Figure 2). It is believed that this change in pay is due the fact that women are more likely to make their family their first priority. Many women, after having a child, attempt to find a job with more flexible hours, which may force them to change to a lower paying job. Mothers may also be exhausted and distracted at their job, compromising their ability to work. There is a stigma against mothers by employers. They assume that a mother’s focus will be on her family instead of her job, which if true, would result in lower quality work and deserving of a lower salary. At the same time, men are more likely to work more after their child is born to fill the financial burden that results from children. Men are viewed positively by employers, unlike women, when they become parents. These stigmas would decrease if paid leave was offered because mothers would be able to focus on their children directly after birth. After their leave is over, women are then better able to balance work and family without financial

In fact, parents that support their children dramatically decrease the chances of them dropping out according to the writing “College Attendance” by J. Roy in paragraph 6.Parents that advise their children to preserve in college generally see major improvement in grades, and in overall, as a person. In order to be successful in college, students not only need the advice from an academic advisor, but on most occasions, the parental advise is more effective. Overall parents need to be supportive of their children. Furthermore, in order for students to continue, study time must be set aside for

"Research has clearly proven that student achievement improves when parents are involved in their child's education" (2010). When an education system comes together with the family of their students, the children tend to have a better understanding of the importance of school and working their best to become as educated as they can be. Students who have not involved parents may feel that they are at school only to be away from their parents. There are many reasons why children drop out of school so it is the job of the school system and families to do whatever it takes to get the student involved in their education. Once the student knows that everyone around them is supporting their educational needs they are more likely to have a positive outlook towards school. When they then become a parent they are more likely willing to be a partner in their future children's educational experiences because of their positive attitude towards learning.

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Through reform and the pushing of equality this study noted that, “both parents have a right to parental leave and to part-time work, but basically the choice of how to share them is left to the parents themselves” (2002 Bjornberg 46). This literature reveals a difference in that parents have flexibility and can decide who does the leave and what they want to do as a family because there is more equality within the family. This is something that the US does not necessarily have because of the wage gap in our gendered society. Lastly, it is important to note how doing gender and the issue of inequality affects childrearing as a whole. In another study that looks at child care quality, cost, and accessibility and the link to childbearing it is noted that “higher costs and lower quality increase second-birth rates, and a poorer quantitative provision of child care is related to higher transition rates to a third child” (2004 Andersson, Duvander, Hank 415). So, even though there may be a lack in quality child care and accessibility there is still a continuation of childbearing. This further enunciates the fact that child care is an issue and will continue to be an issue because of continuing birth

Granted a new mother needs more time off to merely recover from the physically effects of child rearing, but the physically and emotionally effects weigh nearly as heavy on the fathers as well. Ensuring a father is granted time off after birth of a child allows the father to fully understand and appreciate the requirements of parents in raising and caring for a child (Rehel, 125). Additionally the allowance of paid paternity leave allows a father to shift from a manger role of the family into an equal partnership with the mother. According to Nepomnyaschy and Waldfogel research fathers that took paternity leave were more likely to regularly engage in caring for their new child than those who did not take leave

Several studies have shown results that parental leave has positive effects on children’s health, behavior, development, and overall future. First off, the study conducted by Lawrence M. Berger et al. was conducted in the United States and tested how it affected the development of the children, when the mothers’ went back to work within twelve weeks of giving birth. Their outcome showed that the earlier the mothers returned to work the more reductions there were in breastfeeding and immunisations, and the more behavioral problems there are in the children. The results were even stronger when the mothers that worked full-time returned to work within twelve weeks of giving birth (Berger et al.). Breastfeeding and immunisations are essential for children’s health, because breastfeeding provides key nutrients and immunisations provide protection from preventable, but awful,

A person will have to make observations of the current parental leave policies in the United States and in Sweden. I will discuss the benefits and costs of having parental leave policies which include: government involvement, effects of the temporary workforce, and the requirements of parental leave. To do justice for this research I have limited my parental leave to focus on adoptive and biological family members only. I acknowledge other forms of parental leave, but I will remain focused on adoptive and biological leave. Finally, I will propose possible solutions to parental

They say a woman becomes a mother when she finds out that she is expecting, and a man becomes a father the first time he holds his baby. After a month a baby is able to tell apart his or her mom and dad. For decades, psychologists and other researchers assumed that the mother-child bond was the most important bond in a child’s life. Within the last several decades scientists are increasingly realizing just how much dads matter. Just like women, fathers’ bodies respond to parenthood, and their parenting style affects their kids just as much, and sometimes more, than mom’s. When one person is at home with a new baby and the other remains at work, they can start living in different worlds and have less to talk about. The stay-at-home mom wants to discuss the baby's milestones and the working dad, while interested, misses their dinner conversations about the workplace. If parents can afford to take maternity and paternity leave simultaneously, it can benefit

Another personal related problem is jobs. Most students are working part-time in order to support themselves and their family which at times will lead to intrusion with school hours, home works, no time for studying especially to major exams and various school activities which otherwise leads to failing grade. Peer pressure is also another factor wherein these students are being led to bad influences such as drinking, drug which causes a major side effect to students (Schwartz, 1995). Schools do this in order to handle their problem. Students from broken homes are also likely to drop out of school due to the stressful situation that they have to go through and thus affect their concentration in school. Furthermore, most students who dropped out of school don't like school to begin with. These students will rebel and do anything against the school rules in order to be kicked out (Schwartz, 1995). They are likely to fail on their subjects, doesn't get along with other students, and have disciplinary problems. Oftentimes, disciplinary actions are taken before they are dropped out.

Access to paid leave is often identified as an issue that primarily concerns working mothers, yet paid leave is also critically important for working fathers. In a society that continues to evolve, it is even more imperative to address this unequal access with an increasing number of fathers who are serving as stay at home parents (International Labor Organization, 2014). Legislation that supports fathers having the support they need to prioritize family responsibilities can significantly increase the personal and economic well-being of their growing families (United States Department of Labor, 2015). Despite these advantages, the growing importance of paternal involvement with their newborns is not always supported in today’s society. The economic and social barriers fathers face may hinder them from taking paternity leave altogether, such as inadequate access to paid leave and outdated cultural norms about male breadwinners. According to survey data, most fathers in the United States only take one day of leave time for every month the typical mother takes (Harrington et al., 2014). This means that even in the twenty-first century, it appears to be more widely accepted for mothers to take off time from work to care for their families than fathers. Fewer than half the countries in the world provide men with access to paid leave to care for a new child, while virtually all provide paid maternity leave (ILO, 2014). Paid paternity leave and laws related to promote

When a person finds out it is their turn to be a parent, the first thing that comes to mind is not going to be, “what style of parent should be utilized in this situation?” They are more worried about the child being healthy, which parent it will look like, and what will they name it? So many things cross a parents mind before they think of what kind of parent they will be. Will they be strict, will they be relaxed, or will they find a happy medium? So many questions to be answered that come in time, but come somewhat naturally. Many people do not realize there are different “styles” or “approaches” to how others raise their children, but there are others that have very precise views on how they will go about day to day life with how their children are raised. This is the case from Amy Chua. She is a Chinese mother married to a Western father with very opposite views of parenting. Amy is strict, meticulous, and a disciplinarian. The way she handles herself with her family and in the way she raises her children have many effects on their lives. These effects do not only effect the immediate family, but their extended family as well. Those most effected are her husband Jed and her daughters Sophia and Lulu. Amy handles herself in a very specific manner and has no tolerance for anything less than her expectations. These expectations have effects on her family and the relationships around her. Having high expectations as these make relationships hard to maintain, and cause