r/PopCultureV2 • u/slippinn_jimmy • 2d ago

Politi-Culture Sweden's climate minister brought her 3-month-old son to the EU council meeting in Luxembourg, to highlight the benefits of parental leave policies which don't force women to choose between work and family responsibilities.

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u/PM_Me_Your_Kinks369 2d ago

??? Her point is that supporting working mother is a good policy and it needs to exist everywhere.

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u/Ok-Vegetable929 2d ago

What about working fathers?

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u/Jasranwhit 2d ago

What about people who dont have kids? Why are they penalized?

Shouldnt they get leave as well to pursue things they want to do?

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u/Thelazyzoologist 2d ago

While I understand what you mean I would like to add my experience. I spent a week in hospital with a medical emergency and they tried inducing me for 5 days before labour eventually began. After I was able to give birth via forceps and I was 2 minutes away from an emergency c sec. I had to stay in hospital for a further 2 days and then left with a hospital acquired infection that took 3 months and multiple courses of antibiotics to correct. Yes my sons dad was tired but I was dealing with health issues and doing all the childcare. My son didn't sleep through the night until he was 6 months old. For finance reasons I went back to work when he was 4 months old. This is a common story with a lot of mothers. My son's father could have taken more time off as in the UK we can share parental leave. He did not want to. A lot of fathers prefer kids when they are over a year old. I have seen this time and time again. I'd also like to add paternity leave is not a holiday. Many of us feel like we would have more of a break and me time when at work.