Being able to trust that my employer would bring me back part-time in a comparable role (at the same hourly rate of pay) after a year of maternity leave and then decide if I wanted to continue working part-time up to my kid's 8th birthday sure made this whole thing less scary.
That's one of the big differences between having a kid in Germany and the US.
(the sub-500 EUR/mo daycare is another one - and that was for a 1.5 engineer income couple)
That's one of the big differences between having a kid in Germany and the US.
(the sub-500 EUR/mo daycare is another one - and that was for a 1.5 engineer income couple)