{"id":181886,"date":"2023-11-26T20:52:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=181886"},"modified":"2023-11-26T20:52:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:52:59","slug":"american-woman-in-spain-breaks-down-different-attitudes-on-motherhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/lifestyle\/american-woman-in-spain-breaks-down-different-attitudes-on-motherhood\/","title":{"rendered":"American woman in Spain breaks down different attitudes on motherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>American woman living in Spain breaks down four major differences of being a working mom in the two countries<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Emily San Jose moved to Spain in 2013 and met her now-husband soon after<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>The HR professional, from Oregon, is now raising two children in Madrid<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>She took to TikTok to share what being a mom in Spain is like versus in the US<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An American woman living abroad has taken to TikTok to reveal what it&#8217;s like to be a working mom in the United States versus in her current home of Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Emily San Jose, a native of Oregon who lives in Madrid with her Spanish husband, stepson and two young children, broke down four major differences in motherhood in the two countries in a 90-second-long video that she shared earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The recruiter and HR professional, who moved to Spain for the first time in 2013 to work as an au pair, admitted, &#8216;I get this question all the time,&#8217; referring to how the experience of being a working mom in Spain differs from that in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, she explained, Spanish companies are legally required to give everyone a minimum of 22 vacation days annually.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/14\/78037655-12772467-Emily_San_Jose_a_native_of_Oregon_who_lives_in_Madrid_with_her_S-m-19_1700578524902.jpg\" height=\"1036\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Emily San Jose, a native of Oregon who lives in Madrid with her Spanish husband, stepson and two kids, broke down four major differences between motherhood in the US versus Spain<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;On top of this, Spain is a culture that very much encourages you to use every single one of those days,&#8217; Emily added.<\/p>\n<p>As her second point, Emily elaborated that &#8216;there&#8217;s a lot more government provided support for family.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>For instance, she continued, Spain offers a generous 16 weeks of maternity and paternity leave to both new parents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Plus, there&#8217;s an additional 15 days for breastfeeding that you can use in the first year of your child&#8217;s life,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;On top of this, if your child ever needs to go to the hospital, or have a surgery procedure, or is really sick, you don&#8217;t have to use vacation or sick days to be able to stay home and take care of your kid.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Thirdly, Emily highlighted that hiring household help &#8216;is so much more affordable here. To have people come to your house to help you cook, clean, take care of kids. It&#8217;s amazing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, women in Spain &#8211; or, in her observation, &#8216;maybe specifically in Madrid, because that&#8217;s where I&#8217;ve had most of my experience&#8230; tend to have their children later in life,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Which, for me, was super interesting because being a mom-of-two plus a bonus son by the age of 30 blew people&#8217;s minds,&#8217; Emily reflected of her two biological children with her husband and her stepson.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/22\/21\/78060913-12772467-Emily_met_her_now_husband_while_working_in_Spain_as_an_au_pair_b-a-17_1700690131623.jpg\" height=\"783\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Emily met her now-husband while working in Spain as an au pair beginning in 2013<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/22\/21\/78060915-12772467-Emily_tied_the_knot_with_her_husband_in_2016_and_went_on_to_have-a-19_1700690136935.jpg\" height=\"663\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Emily tied the knot with her husband in 2016, and went on to have son Henry and daughter Carlota<\/p>\n<p>As for Emily, after tying the knot with her husband in 2016, she welcomed son Henry, and her daughter, Carlota.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Emily isn&#8217;t the first American expat to share observations about how their new home abroad contrasts with the one they left behind in the States.<\/p>\n<p>A young man named Konner, from Hawaii,\u00a0previously shared his amazement at how everyone in New Zealand has an electric water heater in their kitchen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s always on your counter and I absolutely love it because in America we literally have to use a stovetop kettle &#8211; we don&#8217;t have electric ones &#8211; which is always a hassle,&#8217; he gushed of the appliance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In another instance, a young woman named Tate Duane voiced her confusion at the common use of the word &#8216;keen&#8217; in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think it is so funny. 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