But I realize that families are struggling right now. And in the United States, gaps in policies have made it so that working families have to make really hard choices. A lack of federal paid family and medical leave means that new parents have to make hard choices when it comes to providing for their growing family. bringing home a newborn child, or caring for maybe an elderly sick loved one, and trying to figure out if they're able be able to make ends meet that month. (05:08–05:17)
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Asserts that the lack of federal paid family and medical leave forces new parents to make difficult financial decisions.
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