Maternity
Who is forcing you to stop breast feeding at 6 weeks? If you cant afford to stay at home, don't have kids.If your priority is money then go back to work.
UK/SWE
I guess many of us here in the northern parts of Europe don't know how lucky we are. We get 12 months off with 80% of our pay. Most people tend to spread this over 18 months by taking a bit less every month. Mother gets 50% and father 50%. A maximium of four months can be given by one parent to the other.
Why don't you move here for a few years?
Thank you for your post Paddington
Although it may seem unbelievable to some of you - women have a right to both have children and to work. Since initially after giving birth they may be unable to do both at the same time (i.e. work and raise a new born baby), legislation should protect them by (i) enabling them and the newborn baby to survive and (ii) guaranteeing that they do not loose their position when they return to work after a reasonable time.
The thought of women having to take pumps to work in fear that they will loose their position or to survive seems a sad state of affairs. Perhaps this situation has resulted from managers with viewpoints such as those shared by rexmundi and others. It seems that some parts of Europe are years ahead in terms of protecting basic human rights than others which should use these countries as examples and work towards these standards.
Perhaps existing taxes could be better spent towards encouraging, protecting and generating life rather than by subsidising industries that destroy life. Public funds could definitely be spent more efficiently. What way would be more efficient than supporting life at the most important stage of that life?
Women should never have to face reasoning such as some of those expressed in above posts such as: “If you cant afford to stay at home, don't have kids.If your priority is money then go back to work.”
Come on - is our society not a bit better than this? – If not I feel it should be.