Vicky Shabo of the Washington Think Tank New America says paid leave is critical to families.

华盛顿智库新美国的维基·莎布表示，带薪休假对家庭来说至关重要。

Barnes is among the more fortunate women who have those options available to them, says Vicki Shabo.

维姬·莎波尔称巴恩斯是有那些能够选择较为幸运的女人其中之一。

But that, says Shabo, is only a start.

但是莎波尔表示这只是刚刚起步。

And then says Shabo, there's the issue of maternity leave, which is one of the biggest concerns for working moms.

然后莎波尔表示产假问题是最令职场妈妈们担忧的问题之一。

Trust me. After I returned from Japan, I became addicted to Shabo.

相信我 从日本回来后 我迷上了莎波。

Shabo. What is that? It's the kind of Japanese hot pot.

Shabo 那是什么 这是一种日式火锅。

Shabo says eight US states and Washington DC have or are working on implementing paid family and medical leave insurance programs for their employees.

莎布表示，美国八个州和华盛顿特区已经或正在努力为他们的员工实施带薪探亲假和医疗假保险计划。

Telecommuting and policies that allow people to do work from home every once in a while or to set their own hours are increasing, Shabo said.

远程办公及各种相关政策允许人们每隔一段时间在家工作, 或设定他们自己工作时间的增加, 莎波尔说道。

They don't have access to sick days, and they certainly don't have access to paid parental leave or paid leave to take care of an ill family member, Shabo said.

不能获得病假, 并且肯定无法获得带薪育儿假或照顾生病家人的带薪休假。莎波尔说道。

My greatest hope is that we implement a national paid family and medical leave insurance program to bring ourselves up to the level of the rest of the world, Shabo said.

我最大的希望是, 我们实现一种国家支付家庭和医疗请假保险项目计划，让我们的水平达到世界其他国家的水平。莎波尔说道。

We are one of the few countries in the world that does not offer paid maternity leave to new moms and one of a slightly larger number that doesn't offer paid leave to new dads, Shabo said.

我们是在这个世界上没有为新妈妈提供带薪产假为数不多的国家之一而且在不为新爸爸提供带薪休假这一问题上占有略大的一个数字。莎波尔说道。