From Australia to Germany, they’re bearing the brunt of domestic work.
| A roundup of new guidance and stories from NYT Parenting. |
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Megumi Mikawa quit her part-time clerical job in Nishinomiya, Japan, in July because she couldn’t do her job remotely and care for her 7-year-old daughter simultaneously. In a new piece from the Times’ international desk, Motoko Rich and Hisako Ueno describe the way Japan’s departing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s promises to create policies to help women like Mikawa have fallen short. Working mothers are still struggling with “overwhelming family responsibilities” and a society that does not support them, a problem only exacerbated by the shutdown. |
And it’s not just Japan. There’s evidence from many other countries that moms are doing more child care and housework than dads are, and their work life is suffering for it. |
A third of Canadian women have considered quitting their jobs to manage family responsibilities, compared with fewer than 20 percent of men. Women in Germany and the U.K. who work from home are spending “significantly more time home-schooling and caring for children” than men are, according to a working paper from the Institute for New Economic Thinking at Cambridge University. Australian women? They are in the same leaky boat, doing four hours of extra domestic work a day, compared with men’s two hours. |
Delving into the void of national policy solutions stateside, Claire Cain Miller reports that a handful of American companies are stepping in to offer some working parents additional benefits, like increased flexibility and in some unusually lucky cases, child care stipends. |
Holly Burns has a lovely and ultimately hopeful essay about what it was like to get diagnosed with cancer five months after giving birth to her second child. She had to let go of her previous perfectionism. “You will never catch me referring to my cancer as a ‘journey,’ although I do sometimes think of the souvenirs I’ve brought back: gratitude, perspective, a renewed appreciation for the body that betrayed me briefly and then carried me through,” Holly writes. |
Finally, we have a piece from Christina Caron, NYT Parenting’s reporter, on how to help parents who cannot meet their children’s basic needs. “Nearly one in eight households doesn’t have enough to eat,” Christina notes, and now natural disasters, from wildfires to hurricanes, are displacing thousands of families across the country. If you have the means, please donate. |
THIS WEEK IN NYT PARENTING |
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| Parenting can be a grind. Let’s celebrate the tiny victories. |
After several months of battling our 1-year-old to sit in his high chair, it finally dawned on us to place finger foods on the tray first. Now he happily slides right in as soon as he sees food — no more kicking, screaming, or flailing limbs. — Jen Bienvenu, Little Rock, Ark. |
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