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            The organization that I choose was the Zero to Three organization. This organization is a non-profit organization that provides information about early childhood development to parents, professionals, and policymakers. They also ensure that babies and toddlers have a strong start in life. 

          One issue that I found very interesting was the working families with children. The issue is that many jobs do not provide mothers with the paid maternity and fathers with paid paternity leave so they can spend adequate time with their newborns. Now many mothers return right back to work without an extended leave because their income is not sufficient enough to stay off. 19% of working with mother with young children are consider working low-wage occupations while 25% live in poverty.

  This issue caught my eye because it relates to me, I have two children that are under the age of 10 one is 5 and the other is 4 months. When I went on maternity leave me job allowed me the 6 weeks off but it was without pay. My husband had to make up for the lost wages that I did not have. This makes me leery of having children because as a working mother that period that I'm off I have to make up for when I go back to work. It is important for mothers to spend quality time with their newborn, but it may not always be possible because they have to work, because their are no real benefits or support for working mother.