Is there really a need for 4 months of Maternity leave? Can someone enlighten me how does maternity leave suppose to encourage more baby making?
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If it’s to recuperate, I think 1 month should be enough? If it’s for looking after the kid, then how about after the maternity leave ends?
I heard of new moms who used to go holiday or having high tea after a month. Isn’t annual and child care leave enough?
Let’s be objective about this.
Netizens’ comments
- I don’t know if you are male or female but highly possible you are someone’s boss.
And whoever that’s pregnant and had to work for you had my sympathies
So what she goes for high tea or a holiday in that four months? Having a break after carrying a kid for 9 months not to mention the hellish first month of confinement is well deserved. And not many mums even get the luxury of such if she has no support with the kid.
So shut it. Being a mum is hard enough without posts like this from people like you.
- No need for maternity leave. A woman’s job is to serve. She should spend all of her time at home taking care of her child, and the moment she’s not doing that, she should be working. Heaven forbid we have women actually doing something interesting and fun with their free time instead of cooking, cleaning, and taking care of their families! How dare she go for high tea? How dare she do something for herself? How dare she not spend every waking AND sleeping moment with the baby?
Also, babies should be independent from birth! How DARE a baby want to be carried? What’s all this nonsense about bonding with the parent? Why does a baby need comfort? If an adult can be left to cry alone in the stairwell, then a baby should get used to it as well. I mean, at least they have a comfy cot to cry.
Babies should sleep when you tell them to sleep. Adults have no problem falling asleep the moment they hit the pillow, and have zero issues waking up at night. I’ve never met a functioning adult who got up at night to pee, or drink water, or eat something. Actually, you might as well throw your baby away if they don’t walk and talk from the moment they emerge from your vagina because if they can’t do it now, they will never be able to do it.
Maternity leave and all is a waste of time and resources. You’re so right. We should all just be robots instead of partaking in these frivolous pleasurable activities that do nothing to contribute to the world.