“The United States is the only advanced economy with no paid parental leave for either mothers or fathers.” StatesMotherFatherUnitedUnited StatesEconomyPaidParental Author:Brigid Schulte
“But the majority of mothers work - and are responsible for taking care of the kids and home. And more fathers are spending more time doing child care and housework, and still working long hours. That work-life conflict is weighing on everybody.” ChildrenLongStillsHomeCareKidsMotherFatherHoursConflictResponsibleMajoritySpendingMore TimeHouseworkWeighingLong HoursChild CareWorking Long Hours Author:Brigid Schulte
“I was afraid that I would find out that I didn't work hard, that I wasn't a very good mother. I was feeling so inadequate in everything I did. I was afraid that I was going to come out being this crazy, disorganized, neurotic person. So it was revelatory that I worked more than 50 hours a week and I still spent a tonne of time with my kids. It was like, "Why do I feel one way when the reality is so different?"” DifferentFeelingsRealityKidsMotherHoursWeekCrazyHard WorkVery GoodNeuroticInadequateGood Mother Author:Brigid Schulte
“There are new studies showing that young men and men with more progressive views of what a father should be - which is not just a helper and fun parent, but actually a partner - are beginning to feel more work-life conflict than mothers are. They're trying to do what women have been doing for 30 years, and they're having a very stressful time of it - a harder time at work because we still expect men to be on 24-7, working 40 years straight.” MenTryingMotherFatherFunParentStudyConflictProgressiveStressful Author:Brigid Schulte
