“When we came home with our baby girl, Serena had a hole in her abdomen that needed bandage changes daily. She was on medication. She couldn’t walk.”
Let’s be clear: Parental leave in the US needs lots of work all around. Many moms are barely granted the time they need to adjust, and for dads the grace period can be even more stark. Now more than ever, the topic has been the focus of much debate, and Alexis Ohanian is just one of the advocates leading the charge.
“Before Olympia was born, I had never thought much about paternity leave and, to be honest, Reddit’s company policy was not my idea. Our vice president of people and culture, Katelin Holloway, brought it up to me in a meeting and it sounded okay, so why not,” he admits. Ohanian is one of the lucky few, because the truth is, so many partners are forced to make that difficult choice. Under the federaltime off from work following a birth or adoption, although not everyone qualifies for this. And when it comes to paid time off, how much time and how much money you get is entirely up to your employer. According to the Families and Work Institute, about one in five employers barely offer any paid paternity leave.
, an international nonprofit, found that fewer than half of new dads take advantage of the full benefit—though the same study found that most dadsPart of the issue, he says, is the stigma we can’t seem to shake.
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