Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author let her son walk alone to school when he was 8.Courtesy of the author German parents were shocked that I waited until ...

Liza Ebbecke says viewers were shocked after learning she still has two years of maternity leave remaining after her son turned 1 The American mom living in Germany says many people responded ...

Liza Ebbecke, 32, tells PEOPLE that many viewers were stunned to learn parents in Germany can take up to three years of protected leave after having a child Liza Ebbecke says viewers were shocked ...

The first time my 8-year-old walked to school alone, I watched him turn the corner and disappear. I kept picturing the busy street he had to cross — at just over four feet tall, would drivers see him?

When Liza Ebbecke casually mentioned on TikTok that her son's first birthday meant she still had two years of maternity leave remaining, she didn't expect the internet to respond quite so emotionally.