The Lives of Working Parents


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Once children enter the picture, everything changes, including our schedules, our priorities, and our needs as employees. Not all employers are responding the same way, while our own notions about work-life balance, gender roles, and the support expected for families are similarly uneven in their evolution. In this obsession, we’ll examine what working parents want, need, and get—and what their employers, children, and communities are getting in return.
- BEHOLD THE LIGHTMeghan McCain returned from maternity leave with a family values lecture—for conservativesQuartz at Work • January 5, 2021
- THE PERKING ORDERCan companies help working parents without alienating everyone else?Quartz at Work • December 29, 2020
- WOMEN AT WORKWorking moms are at the center of Biden’s administrationQuartz at Work • November 9, 2020
- ZOOM DOOMThe way we run meetings now is hell for working momsQuartz at Work • October 16, 2020
- PANIC BUTTONOne in four women are considering a career step-back because of Covid-19Quartz at Work • September 30, 2020
- DOMESTIC DISCREPANCYCovid-19 widened the gender gap among the world’s top scientistsQuartz at Work • September 17, 2020
- CRUCIALThe case for treating childcare like essential economic infrastructureQuartz at Work • August 20, 2020
- TIME TO STREAMLINEHow parents can add purpose and structure to their kids’ online learningQuartz at Work • August 20, 2020
- COVID'S CATCH-22What to do when schools are closed and work wants you backQuartz at Work • August 7, 2020
- POWER HOUSEThe choices working parents make now will shape the future for womenQuartz at Work • May 21, 2020