We’re both mothers, and we both know that no time in a child’s life has a greater lifelong impact on physical and emotional well-being than the first 1,000 days. We have both benefited from paid leave policies that enabled us to be present in many of those early days as new moms. And we’re delighted that New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin just recently made public that he’s taking family leave after the birth of his daughter, Maya.
But not every parent or caregiver in New Jersey has the same opportunities.
New Jersey’s pioneering paid family leave insurance program, started in 2009 and expanded in 2019, provides economic stability for parents to nurture their newborns or newly adopted children during this crucial time, giving each child the best opportunity to thrive.
The above is an excerpt of a piece originally published in The Bergen Record.
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