Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg tells TheView 'some good' came from attacks and 'negativity' over his paternity leave: 'It's helped us have a conversation about parental leave...we just got to change that culture.'
"It's such an incredible blessing," he said, adding that he has a"whole new appreciation" for parenting now that he's living it.
Under current U.S. policy, the Family and Medical Leave Act, employees who qualify can take time off to care for a newborn or loved one or recover from illness without losing their job -- but leave is unpaid in most cases. But, he continued,"When parents take that parental leave, they need to be supported in making that choice."
"There's still this cultural idea, I think, out there in some places, that this is vacation," he said.
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