Paid Parental Non-Fiction Response

1)The main idea of this article is that paid parental should be given to new parents without any
worries of not receiving any money once they become responsible of their newborn.
2)One of the connections would be when I would see new parents struggling with being there
with their newborn and at the same time working to maintain and keep up with the necessary
material and things for their family without no help.
3)The author purpose is to persuade and inform the audience, specifically the united stations, of
the outcome of how every newly parents have the mentality that they have to go back to work or
else they won’t be able to raise their child with the necessary things that they need.
A)“Somehow, we and every American parent were expected to be “back to normal” in under three
months. Without income. I remember thinking to myself, “If the practical result of pregnancy is another
mouth to feed in your home and America is a country where most people are living paycheck to
paycheck, how does 12 weeks unpaid leave economically work?”

4)The audience are the newly parents and the united nations. I know this because the author is trying to
convince the united nations to give parental leave for newly parents and give them their income along
with the leave. This choice affects it because it shows the importance of what parents have to deal with
in order to raise their family in good conditions.

5)One of the arguments she uses is that she talks about her point of view of being a parent, and viewing
how the U.S. treats her without any help of money and her husband not being able to be by her side due
to no paternal leave only maternal.

6)The most prevalent in this article are ethos, pathos, and logos. She exercise by saying who she is, a
mother, giving statistics, and showed what parents have to do in order to provide for their family.

- In late March, last year, 2016, I became a parent for the first time. I remember the indescribable—and
as I understand it universal—experience of holding my week-old son and feeling my priorities change
on a cellular level. I remember I experienced a shift in consciousness that gave me the ability to
maintain my love of career and cherish something else, someone else, much, much more. Like so many
parents, I wondered how I was going to balance my work with my new role as a parent, and in that
moment, I remember that the statistic for the US’s policy on maternity leave flashed through my
mind”(Hathaway).

-American women are currently entitled to 12 weeks’ unpaid leave. American men are entitled to
nothing. That information landed differently for me when, one week after my son’s birth I could barely
walk, when I was getting to know a human who was completely dependent on my husband and I for
everything, when I was dependent on my husband for most things, when we were relearning everything
we thought we knew about our family and relationship. It landed differently”(Hathaway).

-The truth is, for too many people it doesn’t. One in four American women go back to work two weeks
after giving birth because they can’t afford to take any more time off than that. 25 percent. Equally
disturbing, women who can afford to take the full 12 weeks often don’t because it will mean incurring a
“motherhood penalty”— meaning they will be perceived as less dedicated to their job and will be
passed over for promotions and other career advancement. In my own household, my mother had to
choose between a career and raising three children- a choice that left her unpaid and underappreciated
as a homemaker- because there just wasn’t support for both paths. The memory of being in the city with
my Dad is a particularly meaningful one since he was the sole breadwinner in our house, and my
brothers and my time with him was always limited by how much he had to work. And we were an
incredibly privileged family—our hardships were the stuff of other family’s dreams”(Hathaway).

7)The possible theme would be to be able to understand and be more considerate to families that are
barely starting to grow.

- In late March, last year, 2016, I became a parent for the first time. I remember the indescribable—and
as I understand it universal—experience of holding my week-old son and feeling my priorities change
on a cellular level. I remember I experienced a shift in consciousness that gave me the ability to
maintain my love of career and cherish something else, someone else, much, much more. Like so many
parents, I wondered how I was going to balance my work with my new role as a parent, and in that
moment, I remember that the statistic for the US’s policy on maternity leave flashed through my
mind”(Hathaway).

-American women are currently entitled to 12 weeks’ unpaid leave. American men are entitled to
nothing. That information landed differently for me when, one week after my son’s birth I could barely
walk, when I was getting to know a human who was completely dependent on my husband and I for
everything, when I was dependent on my husband for most things, when we were relearning everything
we thought we knew about our family and relationship. It landed differently”(Hathaway).

-The truth is, for too many people it doesn’t. One in four American women go back to work two weeks
after giving birth because they can’t afford to take any more time off than that. 25 percent. Equally
disturbing, women who can afford to take the full 12 weeks often don’t because it will mean incurring a
“motherhood penalty”— meaning they will be perceived as less dedicated to their job and will be
passed over for promotions and other career advancement. In my own household, my mother had to
choose between a career and raising three children- a choice that left her unpaid and underappreciated
as a homemaker- because there just wasn’t support for both paths. The memory of being in the city with
my Dad is a particularly meaningful one since he was the sole breadwinner in our house, and my
brothers and my time with him was always limited by how much he had to work. And we were an
incredibly privileged family—our hardships were the stuff of other family’s dreams”(Hathaway).

8)it helped me understand it more because she uses her credibility of her being a mother and what she
views of the american maternal/paternal leave system.

9) “Because paid parental leave does more than give more time for parents to spend with their children.
It changes the story of what children observe, and will from themselves imagine possible’’(Hathaway).
This quote may give the united nations a viewpoint of what giving maternal/paternal leave can lead to,
it leads to the parents being able to be with the child and grow a bond with them while the child is still
developing.

10) The theme in this article is that maternal/paternal leave are not taken seriously without giving
support for both parents. Hathaway uses her credibility and statistics to give the united nation a
viewpoint to what she and fellow citizens have to deal with. “The truth is, for too many people it
doesn’t. One in four American women go back to work two weeks after giving birth because they can’t
afford to take any more time off than that. 25 percent. Equally disturbing, women who can afford to
take the full 12 weeks often don’t because it will mean incurring a “motherhood penalty”— meaning
they will be perceived as less dedicated to their job and will be passed over for promotions and other
career advancement. In my own household, my mother had to choose between a career and raising three
children- a choice that left her unpaid and underappreciated as a homemaker- because there just wasn’t
support for both paths. The memory of being in the city with my Dad is a particularly meaningful one
since he was the sole breadwinner in our house, and my brothers and my time with him was always
limited by how much he had to work. And we were an incredibly privileged family—our hardships
were the stuff of other family’s dreams”(Hathaway). What this quote is saying is that the time the
parents have with their newborns isn't enough due to being pressured to provide for their families and
also having to manage a good reputation in their job attendance. In conclusion, hathaway is showing
and giving everyone facts of what's it like to not being paid because you are with your kid and having to
deal with the pressure that your job gives you.