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Originally Posted by Sliver
I just wonder what charmed lives you guys are leading or why posters that know of the difficulties I'm talking about are being so silent. One of my best friends right now is going through something brutal. His wife injured her arm severely and they have a nine month old baby. She can't lift the baby or use her arm at all without risking further and permanent damage. My friend has had to take a month off work to keep his house running and his baby cared for. Is this stuff not happening in your guys' world of the land of easy babies?
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You really think that it is odd that people aren't experiencing a severe arm injury to their wife that affects her ability to lift and care for her baby? That seems like a pretty unique type of situation. Maybe I am living a charmed life but I can't think of anyone that I know that has had that type of situation and I know a number of families with children.
As for "knowing about the difficulties that you are talking about" as a father of 4 children 5 and under I know about the difficulties of raising kids but what you are talking is much more exaggerated than reality and the concessions you think parents should get at work are ridiculous.
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Originally Posted by HELPNEEDED
This is Canada, kids are essential the growth of our country. That is why we have the best maternity leave system int he world.
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We have better maternity system than Sweden and Norway? They may have changed but in the past both parents got parental leave not having to split it between both parents. That sounds like a better system than ours.
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Originally Posted by Sliver
It's pretty awesome that CP is full of Super Heroes that don't need anybody but themselves and anybody who needs help shouldn't have had kids in the first place.
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I would like to see where anyone has said they don't need help and do it all themselves.