Business 16 Jun 2026

Survey confirms the struggle of working parents: 'No way to be two things at once'

A new Pew survey finds many working parents feel they cannot give 100% at either work or home. Benefits like paid sick leave and more affordable childcare could help.

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Cliff Jette for NPR Amber Petersen's struggles are. Likely familiar to any working parent. Some days at work, she finds herself diverted to family matters. She needs to leave work immediately. Other days, she wishes she could be chaperoning. A field trip instead of scheduling meetings and. Putting together files at the small law firm. In Mason City, Iowa, where she works as a legal assistant.

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