This Radio Show Host Makes Sense. Maternity Leave Is A Ridiculous Concept. Oh, Wait…

The video is a few years old, but nothing has changed. Maternity leave and the attitudes toward it in the U.S. are baffling. Almost every other developed country recognizes the importance of a new mom having time to recover from delivery, bond with her baby, breastfeed, and everything else that happens in the first several…

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