The required amount of time will vary depending on the child and their age. Currently, parents have nothing. Often, they have to leave their job, and that's why this flexibility is necessary. If the 35 weeks of leave are taken as needed, at least a year should be covered. That's why we are asking for flexibility. A child may receive chemotherapy treatments for six or eight weeks, feel better, resume a normal life, and then have a relapse six months later.
Program flexibility would enable parents to either submit a new application, or have a new 35-week leave period for the same child and the same disease.