Posts by pek64

Maternity leave is a medical leave. Parental leave is a different entity. It is NOT medical. At Yahoo, men and women are both entitled to 8 weeks parental leave. Here, in the US, that is rare. It is identical for both men and women....

In the US breastfeeding does NOT influence visitation, and children are forced to wean just so the fathers get their entitled visitation, than then frequently those same men don't bother to pick up the children, so weaning is forced for...

Sorry I missed this when you first posted. Here's my thoughts, if you are still looking for feedback. Five year olds, kindergarten, are not doing much book work, and a relaxed homeschool method should work just fine. I agree that...

What to do? My new landord has decided to convert the building to condos, so I have to move this summer. My mother, who I have barely had contact with in the past 14 years also has to move. She has been renting a condo and the owner has...

I disagree about toddlers not being rational. They live in the moment and have trouble waiting, that's true, and is rational for someone of that age. Calling it irrational is demeaning. Toddlers deserve respect, just like every other...

Quote:Originally Posted by Escaping I somehow don't think women would be OK with the whole "everything doesn't need to be fair" thing if we didn't have way more rights than men.  What rights do women have that men don't have?...

I understand what you are saying, and if I had been pregnant with twins I might have felt the same as you. True, I picked up the slack, but that way my son benefitted. The providers of these classes informed me that they didn't want to...

And I am about to suggest the OP get more involved. I had similar problems, and made myself a volunteer helper in the classes. Annoying to pay full price and work, but I had more authority with the other kids. Parens were told I was a...

This is not really the same, but the mention of the Holocaust made me think of this. Friends of mine don't believe in protecting their children from violence. The family watches violent movies together, etc. When the two oldest were...

I second the suggestion to seal it.