Venting about my life changes

Why are not there entry level positions at companies that are not sales. Everything needs experience.

An internship is unpaid most of the time. There should be apprenticeships. I want to use my degree, but like most of my friends from the workforce after a few years you cannot afford to leave an hourly job for something with a better title that pays less especially if you have kids to support.

I agree teachers have a very hard job, but how can one afford daycare? Really? If daycare costs more than what I make an hour, how would I be able to feed, shelter or feed my kids? It should be cheaper because it is not one on one attention since it is one adult per so many kids. If you have more than one kid, (I have two and so many in Texas have 5) they are getting help from their families. My family is in California, but even if they were here they have lives and are unavailable to watch my kids on a consistent basis. Why don't more companies have daycare at the office? I only could find 6 in Austin, but 4 of them were in a technical field which my degree is not in.

When I graduated I was hesitant to apply to companies
knowing I wanted to get pregnant soon. I was worried if I was new at a job they would not want me to take the time off or worry I might not return after my leave. I figured after the kids were in school I could focus on my career easier since they would be more self-sufficient (would not need to be breastfeed or their diaper changed at night, and can feed themselves). Then I am not just out of school and do not have experience and I am not up to date with current programs.

Maternity Leave is better in California than Texas, but why is not it a National standard? Do fathers in California and mothers need to bond for 6 week while other states children need less attention? There is no state disability or bonding in Texas. So people work until they deliver, which I did, and return as soon as possible to receive a paycheck. Why can Europeans get one year off of work when they have a cild?
I was limited part time while pregnant so I did not even meet the requirements for my bonding, but my husband did. California state has disability for 6 weeks for my body to recover from the delivery even if I gave my child up for adoption. The 12 weeks UNPAID FMLA is good that your benefits are job are secured,but really how are you supposed to support your new child without being paid for the second 6 weeks. There is a one week in between the state disability and bonding which is less money which you need. No sense to me. Why should I not be paid at the average hours I worked before my leave. There is an optional 6 week that my employer could have given to me that the state would pay me to care for my family member, but my employer said no we do not want you to get paid even during the 12 weeks you are not at work, because we want you to suffer since maternity leave could have covered it and since I was ineligible for that leave they would not approve a different leave. STUPID. I called corporate and the women did not help me with other options, just NO. I called the different helplines for the 3 different leave that could apply to me to try to find an answer, would not it be nice if one place could take care of it all?

I returned to work after 8 week, with a two week extension for depression. Caused by the hormones on top of the mental anguish I suffered knowing I had to leave my child sooner than I needed to learn how to feed it and care for it as well as have my health be up to par. While breastfeeding I had to eat throughout the night not have have my stomach ache. It gets easier after 8 weeks, but they want you to return to work at 6 weeks. Stress makes your body produce less milk, so the likelihood to quit before it gets easier goes up. I was sleep deprived, emotionally and physically drained. I think you can work but breastfeeding should be a disability that gives you more benefits than an unpaid break to pump. It is s disability, that tires you out. The break to pump makes you weak and hungry and stressed from pumping. You need a paid lunch,

My husbands' mother in law passed away one week to the day after our first child was born. He was already on leave for the baby, but my dad passed the year before and I should have only gotten 3 DAYS of bereavement. That is a ridiculous amount of time. I understand the companies point of view if every employee had someone die each year no one would be there a quarter of the year. But on the other hand, you are morning the day they die, and the day of the funeral. If is is not a sudden death which his was not, you want your last time with your family member. You need time to make the arrangements for the funeral and family coming in to town or you traveling to were they are. 3 days is not enough.

These are my complaints with not being taken care of my employers or government during major life changes.