Paternity leave

Canadian dads outperformed Americans on almost every measure.

My kids are thriving, my husband is loving it and even the grandmas are thrilled with our new location. But it’s more complicated for me.

With stats showing that women still handle most child care in heterosexual couples, it seems we have a long way to go towards equality in parenting.

Most moms would feel lucky to have their partner at home, too, sharing responsibility for the kids. Turns out, overlapping our parental leaves wasn’t as wonderful as I thought it would be.

We are lucky in Canada to get such a long maternity leave, but what happens if a mom gets a cancer diagnosis or gets in an accident right after going back to work? Technically, she's already used her sick leave. Why does our system punish moms for not working while taking care of their baby.