Almost Utopia: What It's Like When Both Parents Get Leave Together

Going through my second pregnancy with an early June due date meant that I was used to hearing comments like “good thing you won’t have to be pregnant all summer,” or “hope you have air conditioning!” But rarely did anyone pick up on one of the reasons I was most psyched for my baby's summer arrival: It meant that my spouse, an assistant professor at a state university, would be on summer break and then have family leave come fall. We'd hit the holy grail of postpartum life: both parents at...