Column: Let's Use the Work Lessons of the Pandemic to Help New Parents
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More than 20 years ago, I was the first woman to take maternity leave at Google.
But I almost didn’t come back to work after my first baby was born. It felt like too much to spend the workday away from my newborn while juggling the demands of my job and parenthood. If I had made a different decision in that moment, it would have changed the course of my career.
That’s one of the reasons why I’ve long advocated for better maternity leave policies.