Child development and early bonding are vital for the success and growth of a child in family and society. We need to promote that bonding and help strengthen families while allowing for parents to return to work after 52 weeks. This time could be split between parents or used by one parent.
According to workingmothers.com :
“The U.S. is the only high-income nation not to have paid maternity leave, while almost all middle- and low-income countries offer it, too,” says Jody Heymann, founding director of McGill University’s Institute for Health and Social Policy and author of Raising the Global Floor: Dismantling the Myth That We Can’t Afford Good Working Conditions for Everyone. The exceptions include Swaziland, Papua New Guinea—and us.