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Parenting in a Pandemic

Child care disruptions have been driving more women than men to quit their jobs

by Samantha Fields
Feb 17, 2022
It's been happening throughout the pandemic.
The gap between women and men quitting is widest in states with the most COVID-related child care disruptions.
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Unworkable

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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COVID-19

Child care providers weigh the costs and benefits of reopening

by Claire McInerny
Sep 8, 2020
Texas allowed child care centers to open n May, but the high infection rates and hospitalizations of COVID-19 in Austin this summer made some wary of reopening.
Around 30% of child care centers in the state of Texas are closed and in danger of not being able to reopen, according a policy associate for Texans Care for Children.
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