<p>I don’t think younger workers have to hide kid stuff as much as we did. It seems as if more policies are general “personal” days that can accompany whatever the need is.</p>
<p>My H has a chronic lung disease, well managed and in remission. It requires 2 dr. visits per year. They end up requiring the day due to their distance. Even though he was using sick days for these 2, yes 2, absences per year, (and he never takes any other sick days) his HR made him do the lengthy FMLA paperwork. It’s lengthy. The dr. wasn’t happy and neither was H.</p>
<p>I would second the good responses above.</p>