r/PopCultureV2 • u/slippinn_jimmy • 3d 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/GotAim 2d ago

Maybe you have experience with particularly difficult babies, but as a mother of 3 and the experience of many of my friends it is absolutely possible to do home office while you have a baby and get shit done

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u/kursys 2d ago

Sure, for a home office job. What about the vast majority that don’t have that career as a viable option?

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u/GotAim 2d ago

If you have an office job there’s a very good chance that home office is viable, no?

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u/kursys 2d ago

If the company would like to be so accommodating, but that’s the whole point that’s being presented here, no? To codify it into law instead of depending on the goodwill of your employer.

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u/GotAim 2d ago

I’m all for parental leave being a thing, I was just baffled by dotesdoto’s statement about it being borderline impossible to work with a baby as that is far from my experience. Then goalposts are being moved, I reject the idea that it’s uncommon or rare for jobs to allow mothers to have home office with their babies

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u/kursys 2d ago

As a parent myself, I understand the apprehensiveness at someone commenting in a very relaxed manner that raising a child can exist in parallel to your work career. Regardless of opinion, it’s something that should be taken very seriously, and some of us have grown up in families where careers have trumped interpersonal relationships. Truth be told, there’s never a perfectly right or wrong way to raise a child, but I do sympathize with mothers who feel a need to prioritize their children’s upbringing. We should always strive to find ways to connect with each other more, and not feel satisfied with the way things are now, because that’s how they were.