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# flourishing and paid family leave - Doctors Without Boredom
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/matthewloftus-2018-07-24-flourishing-paid-family-leave/
- Published: 2018-07-24T06:47:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-22T16:46:45.000Z
- Description: The Families Valued initiative of the Center for Public Justice has just released their new report on paid family leave, and I have some thoughts about it over on the main page. I think they make a pretty solid argument […]
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Loftus, Family, Culture, Economics

The [Families Valued](https://www.familiesvalued.org/?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) initiative of the [Center for Public Justice](https://cpjustice.org/public/page/content/homepage?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) has just released [their new report on paid family leave](https://www.familiesvalued.org/resources/time-to-flourish?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), and [I have some thoughts about it over on the main page](https://mereorthodoxy.com/time-to-flourish/). I think they make a pretty solid argument for paid family leave, but you can read their own words for yourself:

> In our fast-paced culture, time is a precious resource. If we want to empower families to  
> thrive, we must allow families to dedicate and organize time in order to care for one another  
> and establish family cohesion. Protecting and enabling family time at crucial touchpoints —  
> birth, adoption, illness or death — helps anchor and signal the enduring value of the family  
> in an atomized, lonely culture.

Also, don’t miss Tara Isabella Burton’s [history of conservative Christians and childcare policies](https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/7/19/17576310/christian-family-leave-child-care-ivanka-gillibrand-senate?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) and the Familes Valued team’s conversation with the [Church Politics podcast with Michael Wear and Justin Giboney](http://forthdistrict.com/church-politics-families-valued-a-conversation-on-paid-family-leave/?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) (always worthwhile to listen to!)