Two New Moms Return to Work – One in Seattle, One in Stockholm
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#2I'm a dad in Stockholm and currently in the first month of my parental leave which is expected to last at least more 6 months. My girlfriend just went back to work. Our daughter is 11 months old.
I worked 75% from the time she was 6 months old until a month ago when I went for a 100% parental. My employer pays me a bonus on top of the state money as a perk.
As far as I am concerned I can’t even imagine it being any other way. I understand how fortunate I am to be in Sweden. It truly is an amazing system.
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#3I'm a dad in Stockholm and currently in the first month of my parental leave which is expected to last at least more 6 months. My girlfriend just went back to work. Our daughter is 11 months old. I worked 75% from the time she was 6 months old until a month ago when I went for a 100% parental. My employer pays me a bonus on top of the state money as a perk. As far as I am concerned I can’t even imagine it being any o…
I'm Norwegian, and the Norwegian system is similar to the Swedish. I live in the UK, though, and so I've seen how expensive and inflexible UK policy, which is much closer to US is Vs. for my brother in Norway.
I don't understand how people on more normal incomes do it in places like the UK and US.
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#4And did you know there are actually more billionaires-per-capita in Sweden than in the USA [1]? Norway as well. So it's actually possible to have both an amazing welfare system and loads of billionaires at the same time.
[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/countries-ranked-by-billiona...
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#5It always amazes me that even poor European countries have better maternity leave provisions than the richest country in the world.
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#6As a Scandinavian, the US seems like a third world country. I am genuinely sad for you.
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#7It always amazes me that even poor European countries have better maternity leave provisions than the richest country in the world.
The US is the riches country in the world.
The US cannot afford basic healthcare for all.
One of these sentences most be wrong.
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#8As a Scandinavian, the US seems like a third world country. I am genuinely sad for you.
Americans sometimes joke that we live in a third world country. Many people here are dissatisfied with our family and healthcare policies, but no one seems to know how to actually fix it.
Obamacare wasn't really a good solution. It was just the most politically viable.
So you need more than a good plan for what works better. You also need to somehow get it accepted politically and that ends up being a sticking point.
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#9It always amazes me that even poor European countries have better maternity leave provisions than the richest country in the world.
The US is the riches country in the world. The US cannot afford basic healthcare for all. One of these sentences most be wrong.
The US loves to burn the furniture to heat the cabin, then pat itself on the back for reducing heating costs.
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#10I'm a dad in Stockholm and currently in the first month of my parental leave which is expected to last at least more 6 months. My girlfriend just went back to work. Our daughter is 11 months old. I worked 75% from the time she was 6 months old until a month ago when I went for a 100% parental. My employer pays me a bonus on top of the state money as a perk. As far as I am concerned I can’t even imagine it being any o…
I'm Norwegian, and the Norwegian system is similar to the Swedish. I live in the UK, though, and so I've seen how expensive and inflexible UK policy, which is much closer to US is Vs. for my brother in Norway. I don't understand how people on more normal incomes do it in places like the UK and US.
It is very difficult. I recently spoke with my best friend who has a 1.5 hour commute each day.
He sees his children for an hour in the morning.
He comes home around 9pm.