Report: Lack of Parental Leave Has Deep Effects on Families

When Inneshia Hart had her first child at age 20 and her household consisted only of her husband and the new baby girl and her, she had the luxury to stay home for as long as she chose. But when her son was born three years later, they had greater expenses. "The worries started about two weeks after I had my son," says Hart. "The bills started coming in and I thought, ‘We cannot live like this.'"