PAID PARENTAL LEAVE: The PPL assault on the family: a solution*

A special reportIn Sweden, 81.3 per cent of children are in part-time or full-time day-care. This statistic should serve as a warning of how disastrous for Australian families is paid parental leave (PPL), which discriminates heavily against stay-at-home mothers.In Australia today, only about 30 per cent of babies and toddlers are in day-care.How could a seemingly “good” idea of paying women in the paid workforce to enjoy bonding time with their new babies, in reality, be such a hostile attack o…

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