In particular, low - income, working women are rarely able to take extended maternity leave, to afford the cost of a pump, or to pump breastmilk at their workplace. (breastpumphackathon.devpost.com)
Other countries can offer extended maternity leave with pay because of the socialist type government welfare systems (provided by very high taxes). (babycenter.com)
In fact, they found that extending maternity leave from 18 to 36 months actually decreased the kids» future educational attainment — presumably because time out of the workforce hurt family income in the long term, making it harder for children to continue on to post-secondary education. (canadianbusiness.com)