Well, given that the only nationwide legal “leave” is that they who gave birth can’t be fired for taking 12 wks unpaid leave from a job they worked >1250 hrs the past yr at a company with >50 employees… yes. (Some states have marginally better laws, & some jobs pay or allow use of vacation days.)

I applied to European postdocs because they had longer post-grad qualification with amazing statements like “extensions will be considered for circumstances such as parental leave” 😱😍🥲 Acknowledgement of families?! Unbelievable to these American eyes.

She said that sounded great, because she’s so tired of needing to prove she belongs there every time she walks into a room. Already. She’s 3 years of college in. (2/3)🧵

The first three years were great! It’s the next seven that were rough.

I remember the mom of a friend saying a very similar thing about her bachelors, and suspect it’s not a coincidence that’s the point at which we each had kids…

Mostly, like every phase of life, I found it had good parts and bad.