Category Archives: Paternity leave

Paternity Leave: A few thoughts after the fact

Posted on December 30, 2013 by MThomas

I haven’t written on this blog in two years for a very good reason: I didn’t take a child care leave for my second child. From April 2010 to March 2011 I took a one year of child care leave … Continue reading →

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Family Day? Not in Japan

Posted on November 18, 2011 by MThomas

One of the problems with maintaining a blog about child raising is that the child-raising itself takes so much time that thee is little time to blog about it. If I thought I had little to,e last year while on … Continue reading →

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Year 2: Colleague Reactions

Posted on September 9, 2011 by MThomas

Just over 5 months ago, my year-long child care leave ended and I went back to work. Since then, I haven’t posted on this blog for a very good reason: I was insanely busy. Of course, not too busy to … Continue reading →

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