Bravo Netflix! Until Every Company in America has Paid Family Leave, There’s MyBabyBond.com

Aug. 4, 2015 - PRLog -- With the announcement that Netflix will now allow new parents and parents-to-be “unlimited” paid family leave, America is seeing yet another big company value the home life of their employees in addition to the bottom line. However, until all of corporate America embraces the culture of companies such as Netflix and Google, there’s MyBabyBond.com.

MyBabyBond is dedicated to giving the gift of time to expectant parents through donations from friends, family, colleagues and beyond.

How does it work? On MyBabyBond.com, people are invited to contribute to a personal BabyBond (in lieu of or in addition to a traditional registry), raising funds to cover maternity or paternity leave for a specific set of expectant parents. Supporters decide how much time to gift and then the dollar amount is calculated for that time using a $20/hour measure (based on a fixed livable wage rate). Fundraisers simply sign up for a credit card processing account and watch their BabyBond grow along with their baby through crowd funding.

Users can also list non-monetary needs, such as a doula, nanny or traditional baby gear to source from their network.

Like other crowdfunding sites, MyBabyBond collects a small transaction fee from each donor.  But one difference with MyBabyBond is that a portion (2%) of the transaction fee is set aside to contribute to non-profit A Better Balance, a work and family legal center.

To fund or start a BabyBond today, visit www.mybabybond.com.

To read Netflix’s complete statement, visit http://blog.netflix.com/2015/08/starting-now-at-netflix-unlimited.html.