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The pandemic has left working parents with impossible choices.

A crisis for caregivers

Many working parents were already struggling. Then the pandemic hit.

Gender gap in work hours grew during the pandemic

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Mothers overwhelmingly supervise remote learning, poll finds
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Mothers overwhelmingly supervise remote learning, poll finds
1 in 5 parents quit job or took leave to deal with remote school
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1 in 5 parents quit job or took leave to deal with remote school
Employer-sponsored tutoring? Unique benefits are aimed at pandemic parenting
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Employer-sponsored tutoring? Unique benefits are aimed at pandemic parenting
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Essential worker parents struggle with remote school

Meghan McCarty Carino Dec 17, 2020
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Child care crisis could cost women $64.5 billion in lost wages

Meghan McCarty Carino Oct 30, 2020

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Parents continue to slog through remote school

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jan 7, 2021
Many schools remain closed as COVID-19 cases increase. Parents struggle to manage the competing demands of work and their kids' learning.
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Essential worker parents struggle with remote school

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 17, 2020
Those who work outside the home must often rely on family or pay for help to supervise kids.
Dealing with daycare disruptions and remote school have been especially hard on essential worker parents.
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Pandemic burnout takes a toll on women working, caring for kids and more

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 4, 2020
The CDC says two out of every three caregivers are women, who support not only children but also adults with chronic illnesses.
A survey from health startup Maven estimates 10 million women are struggling to juggle their responsibilities.
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Employer-sponsored tutoring? Unique benefits are aimed at pandemic parenting

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Nov 23, 2020
But they may not get to those who need them most.
New benefits to help working parents are uneven.
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1 in 5 parents quit job or took leave to deal with remote school

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Oct 23, 2020
Pulling back from work can put parents behind indefinitely on their career tracks.
The need to supervise kids at home has led to some parents dropping out of the work force.
Rose Conlon/Marketplace
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Mothers overwhelmingly supervise remote learning, poll finds

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Oct 15, 2020
It's the latest example of how the pandemic is exacerbating inequality.
Our poll found a stark gender disparity in who was responsible for supervising classes.
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Parenting in a Pandemic

1 in 4 women are considering leaving the workforce, survey finds

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Oct 2, 2020
Recent gains that women have made rising to senior management positions could be wiped out this year, the Lean In CEO says.
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Parenting in a Pandemic

Home child care workers unionize in California

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 29, 2020
Workers hope to strengthen an industry that has become even more precarious.
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Parenting in a Pandemic

Parents turn to private "pods" to school children

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 21, 2020
The groups of families are a way to mitigate the cost of schooling at home.
TOPSHOT - Instructor Chablis Torres (C) reads to children in a pre-school class, wearing masks and at desks spaced apart as per coronavirus guidelines during summer school sessions in Monterey Park, California on July 9, 2020.
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Moms are reducing work hours 4-5 times more than dads during pandemic

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 16, 2020
It could leave them vulnerable to layoffs, stalled careers and lower pay for years to come, new studies find.
A mom helps her two daughters with schoolwork during the pandemic in New York.
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