The Lott family in Washington, DC is one of many families advocating for the U.S. to change its parental leave policies. Rob and Jessica Lott both have jobs outside the home. They also have a 12-month-old daughter named Shulie. When Shulie was born last July, both Rob and Jessica looked forward to spending time with her. They also needed to take care of her, and Jessica had to recover from childbirth. But Jessica’s employer offered her just four weeks of paid leave. Rob’s employer did not give him any. Instead, Rob used his vacation and sick leave to care for his wife and daughter for two weeks. He noted that these kinds of paid time off are not the same as parental leave. “Certainly, having a child is not vacation, nor is it a sickness,” he said. Rob and Jessica Lott are part of a campaign to bring paid parental leave to all Americans, starting with those who live or work in Washington, DC. Lawmakers here are considering a bill called the Universal Paid Leave Act.
Title: DC Activists Aim to Offer Paid Leave to Parents
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1177/paid_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='DC Activists Aim to Offer Paid Leave to Parents' data-article-id='1675'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12000'>The Lott family in Washington, DC is one of many families advocating for the U.S. to change its parental leave policies.</span> <span data-start-time='12000' data-end-time='18271'>Rob and Jessica Lott both have jobs outside the home.</span> <span data-start-time='18271' data-end-time='23396'>They also have a 12-month-old daughter named Shulie.</span> <span data-start-time='23396' data-end-time='32438'>When Shulie was born last July, both Rob and Jessica looked forward to spending time with her.</span> <span data-start-time='32438' data-end-time='40458'>They also needed to take care of her, and Jessica had to recover from childbirth.</span> <span data-start-time='40458' data-end-time='47354'>But Jessica’s employer offered her just four weeks of paid leave.</span> <span data-start-time='47354' data-end-time='51125'>Rob’s employer did not give him any.</span> <span data-start-time='51125' data-end-time='60542'>Instead, Rob used his vacation and sick leave to care for his wife and daughter for two weeks.</span> <span data-start-time='60542' data-end-time='68750'>He noted that these kinds of paid time off are not the same as parental leave.</span> <span data-start-time='68750' data-end-time='75625'>“Certainly, having a child is not vacation, nor is it a sickness,” he said.</span> <span data-start-time='75625' data-end-time='89875'>Rob and Jessica Lott are part of a campaign to bring paid parental leave to all Americans, starting with those who live or work in Washington, DC.</span> <span data-start-time='89875' data-end-time='96958'>Lawmakers here are considering a bill called the Universal Paid Leave Act.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1177/dc_img.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question 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