Editor’s note: Matt Wallaert is a dad from New York who wrote to Secretary Tom Perez about the need for paid leave . Here is his letter. Read letters from other dads here . Dear Mr. Secretary, The scientist in me dislikes using personal examples to prove a point; good science, not just compelling stories, should guide our policy making. But my experience with paternity leave has borne out of a trend one can see clearly in the data from states like California, New Jersey, and elsewhere: offering paid parental leave raises, not lowers, our economic potential as a country. This may seem...
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