A big lesson here is what happens to a big city when it lacks a regional transit system. Detroit purchased the streetcar system from the private interurban system in 1922. We've been trying to build a regional transit system ever since. Meanwhile, downtown became a parking lot.
To make up for the depressing thread on buildings now parking lots, here are some of the many great restorations that have taken place in Detroit.
This is an issue but almost every working woman faces when choosing to start a family. No woman should have to choose between a career or family. We need to fix this broken system.
Also, there's a lot of silence out there about the physical recovery from childbirth. I used two weeks of my personal vacation time to stay home & help my wife who had a difficult experience. Two weeks really wasn't long enough for her to heal & be on her own for 12 hrs a day.
Yes, it is nice for a father to be home to "bond with their new child" but it is more important for a father to be home to help the mother who will be going through a physically difficult time. Check this out. Paternity leave in Europe: fmpglobal.com/blog/paternity…