Actually FMLA allows you to leave your work to care for ill parents, spouse, or a child. So men do have the same benefits should a similar situation comes up. Also my company allows any employee to take a short sabbatical to pursue personal goals. I think a good few progressive companies have policies like this.

I have a friend who is a teacher and is pregnant right now. She is hoping to pump when she gets back to work and she mentioned that she may need to get a sub for the times that she is pumping. I'm sure if you talked to your union rep they could figure something out.

As a pumping working mom I'll also say that the reason you're less likely to get little dribbles or spill of breast feeding is because most women will seal up those bottles and bags TIGHT. I check and double check the caps on my bottles because a spill/wasting milk is WAY worse for us (and our babies) than it is for…

I don't think she's wearing a wig - I took it as a head scarf of some part because when she actually shows up in Mockingjay her head is shaved. She loses her hair as part of her torture somehow.

yes michael rhys is SO good in the americans. I'm really angry that he wasn't nominated although I predict The Americans will get the attention it deserves in the next few seasons - it's just too good to fly under the radar for much longer.

Maternity leave is actually for a definite period of time with a guarantee from an employer that a women will have a job in similar function and salary when they return. What you are saying is that banks should deny women mortgages based on corporate behaviors that are illegal like demoting or pushing out women who…

Umm, my bank threatened to pull my mortgage before I went on maternity leave - they wanted to deny me simply on the basis of being pregnant. At all points of my pregnancy and after giving birth I was fully capable of making sound financial decisions.

It's also always a possibility for anyone to quit their job at any time or get fired regardless of parental status. Your point?

Citing discriminatory behaviors against women (getting demoted or pushed out after maternity leave) shouldn't be a justification for encouraging further discriminatory behaviors towards women. Jesus.

Right but anyone could up and quit their job at ANY TIME. Someone not on maternity leave probably has the same probability of quitting their job, getting fired, or working for a company that is about to go under as a pregnant lady. There is nothing to guarantee job stability for anyone really - so putting increased…

Yes I feel like Crumbs only stayed in business for as long as it did because office managers everywhere were too lazy to find a platable cupcake for work birthday celebrations.

hahahahaha freedom of speech. the defense of racist assholes everywhere.

A bigger man would not post a racist tirade after having an unpleasant interaction with one individual member of that group. A bigger man wouldn't have said any of the racist shit that he spews.

Do you go on racist tirades against an entire group of people every time you have an altercation with one individual from that group?

I worked in that area for years and worked pretty late hours and always saw police officers. There's also a station in times square itself so even if they're not roaming they are there.

He was in Times Square - there are cops on EVERY corner there. If he wanted to escalate to law enforcement it would have been quite easy for him to do so while she was still likely in the area so it would be quite easy to find her even without him having identifying information.

You forgot to mention that the Dave Coulier item has pictures of a grown up Kimmy Gibbler! Best item. Do you think Uncle Jesse was Uncle Joey's best man? (don't tell me if the answer is no)

No I'm not questioning the importance of a baby being seen after birth, I definitely understand the importance of follow up visits for babies after birth. It seems like you guys make every effort to check and see if the mom is still the hospital/if any extenuating circumstances exist - I'm just not sure how that would…

I don't know - if you're in the hospital for extenuating circumstances the last thing you're doing is checking your voicemail or even keeping your phone charged so I can imagine that parents in that situation miss the social worker call? Hell, I had a normal birth and I missed a billion calls in the first week of my…

Yes! I really liked it when it was a spin on fairy tales (season 1) but now it's way too disney. I lose interest with every Disney character they introduce.