A few words over » fatherhood http://mattmedia.net/writing Ideas, observations, and rushed judgments on writing Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:09:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 “Odd Man Out” http://mattmedia.net/writing/2009/11/odd-man-out/ http://mattmedia.net/writing/2009/11/odd-man-out/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:41:52 +0000 Matt http://mattmedia.net/writing/?p=356 My story on paternity leave, “Odd Man Out” was published on Babble today. I’m pretty happy with it. The editors at Babble left it pretty much intact.

The story talks about why so few men take paternity leave, even those who work for companies that will give them paid time off. It also touches on my own experience taking six weeks off from work last year with my (then) five-month-old daughter Isabella. Check it out.

Screen capture of my story on Babble

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