Lack of school and child care could mean losing 'a generation of working parents.' (via CNBCMakeIt)
But simply providing funding to schools and child-care providers may not be enough support for working parents. Experts say it willto ensure that there's no lasting effects on working parents as they continue to juggle work and child-care responsibilities.
New Jersey-based mother Kate Delany says her family has been spending a lot of time outdoors since the coronavirus pandemic hit."I think that my kids want to do the hybrid, and I prefer the remote. But I also I'm not sure what that will look like for me working at home," she says. A freelance writer who also teaches college English, Delany says she found it difficult to balance her work responsibilities with managing homeschooling for her 8- and 11-year-old kids in spring.
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