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Why U.S. Working Moms Are So Strained (Quick Study)
Why U.S. Working Moms Are So Stressed (Quick Study)
18 Dec 2019
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Government intervention is needed, but managers can take these steps right now. Caitlyn Collins, a sociologist at Washington University in St. Louis, conducted interviews with mothers in four countries — the United States, Italy, Germany, and Sweden — who have jobs outside the home to better understand the pressures they felt. She found that American moms were by far the most stressed, primarily because of the lack of parental benefits offered by their employers and the government. In Europe, women told Collins they had more…
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