Paternity Leave

Culture Contrasts: Norway's Support of Working Families

Melanie Coffee | Posted 05.15.2012

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Melanie Coffee

In the race to be bigger, faster, stronger, we've lost sight of what makes us better: Time with each other.

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Corporations Catching Up to Fatherhood

Nathan Greenberg | Posted 04.11.2012

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Nathan Greenberg

Men and women are both in the kitchen. Men and women are both at the grocery store. Men and women are both changing diapers. But men and women are not both respected as parents.

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Does Winning at Work Mean Losing at Home?

Steve Ressler | Posted 05.27.2012

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Steve Ressler

Does having a child mean that a parent needs to pass on a promotion -- or give up time with a child in order to advance his or her career?

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Dave Jamieson

Obama To Improve Medical Leave For Military Families

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.30.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Labor Department announced Monday that it plans on amending the federal rules on family and medical work leave, making it easier for...

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Too-Short Maternity Leave -- Not Working Itself -- Increases Depression In Moms

Posted 09.20.2011

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It's hardly news to working moms, but for all of those who think women should stay at home with the kids, a new study from the National Bureau of Econ...

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Is There Paternity Leave in Baseball?

Jenya Cassidy | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jenya Cassidy

Colby Lewis is not the first major league player to miss a game to attend the birth of his child. But he is the first to take advantage of Major League Baseball's new 72-hour paternity leave policy.

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Colby Lewis Bashed For Attending Daughter's Birth

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 06.20.2011

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Perhaps he wasn't invited to the baby shower? To say the least, Dallas Observer columnist Richie Whitt really let Texas Rangers pitcher Colby Lewis...

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Maternity Leave, Unplugged

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 05.25.2011

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Morra Aarons-Mele

If maternity leave is one of the last sanctioned times you're allowed to unplug completely, we need to fight to keep that time precious, even if it makes us feel vulnerable.

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Breastfeeding: Not Just For Women?

healthland.time.com | Bonnie Rochman | Posted 11.17.2011

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It's not fair to extend breast-feeding benefits only to women, said the European Union Court of Justice....

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Men Are Idiots to Not Fight for Paternity Leave

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 11.17.2011

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Nathan Hegedus

It's really about the lifestyle, the pace. It is all about naps. When, as a father of small children, do you get to nap anymore? I was home for only six months. And I got to nap almost every day.

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