Marta Villota

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  Marta commented on the article | almost 3 years ago

  Changes in FMLA Limit Maternity Leave Options

  I am beyond frustrated with the way family life is treated in this country.  There are contradictions in every part of it, there are so many wrong policies.  I agree with a posting from Heather Koelle...it seems like women are penalized for having children.  It's sad to see that you cannot have the family you dream of because, that's not something important in this country. 
  
  There's a reason why so many kids are left out on the streets, are on drugs, have no communication with their parents, are off having sex like wild animals, etc...  Mothers do not get the time to nurture their child, to give them that love and attention that they seek at such young age. 
  
  I am having my first baby in four weeks and I am not entitled to FMLA, so I get with my baby the amount of time that my employer decides to give me.  That is pathetic.  Ever since I graduated from College, I have been nothing but a hard working American, who has done everything "the right way" and just because I chose to move jobs (and did not know I was pregnant at the time), I cannot spend at least 12 weeks with my baby.  Being a mother is probably the best job I will ever have in my life and I feel like I am being robbed of doing a good job at it, because of the short time I will have with my baby... because I have to go back to work so soon. 
  
  I spend some nights crying over it, because I know that if I lived in another country (like Canada) I would get a whole year to be with my daughter and wouldn't have to worry about paying rent because my employer would pay me my regular pay check.  I am so surprised, that being in a country where supposedly we are "so advanced", we lack knowledge in the most simple things in life. 
  
  This world cannot possibly become a better one, if children are left alone or to be taken care of by strangers.  Nobody knows children like their own parents, there's no better person to care for them.  (There are exceptions to this), but in my case, my child is the most important thing in this world.