It is a common joke in the US that ALL parents are relieved once school starts; in part, this is because so many two-parent households in the US are also two-job households, and childcare during summer breaks from school can be challenging. In the US, unlike Europe, getting paid or unpaid leave for taking care of a sick child, or, for that matter, spending time with children, is a challenge, and often leads to a job loss. And it is still predominantly the mother who carries this responsibility. I don’t know if the same thing is true in Canada. What I do know is that certain posters just salivate at the idea of yet another reason to slam the character ‘Elly’, which used to make me wonder why those posters kept reading if they so disliked the character. Now I know better…
It is a common joke in the US that ALL parents are relieved once school starts; in part, this is because so many two-parent households in the US are also two-job households, and childcare during summer breaks from school can be challenging. In the US, unlike Europe, getting paid or unpaid leave for taking care of a sick child, or, for that matter, spending time with children, is a challenge, and often leads to a job loss. And it is still predominantly the mother who carries this responsibility. I don’t know if the same thing is true in Canada. What I do know is that certain posters just salivate at the idea of yet another reason to slam the character ‘Elly’, which used to make me wonder why those posters kept reading if they so disliked the character. Now I know better…