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This one stat reveals the sharp divide between new moms and new dads
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This one stat reveals the sharp divide between new moms and new dads

Fast Company·Jennifer Mattson·4 days ago
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There’s a sharp divide between how much moms and dads of young children want to work, according to a first-of-its-kind National Parent Survey published Wednesday by the New Practice Lab at New America, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. The study of nearly 5,500 parents with young children under age 6, from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, asked parents about their work schedules, child care arrangements, leave use, and hopes for the future. And it found parents want more quality time with their kids than they have, and that money—or the need to make it—is impeding their family time. (The survey includes nearly 3,000 parents from lower-income households.) What many of these parents agreed on was that they didn’t have the work or childcare schedules they wanted, providing a less-than-stellar view of the state of parenting in the U.S. Here are some of the study’s key findings.…

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