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Full panel video: Single Moms and the Mental Load

WLE co-founder Haley Swenson is joined by Professor Shaniqua Bradley from Montclair State University and Nicole Rodgers, executive director of Family Story, for a groundbreaking conversation about what we do and don’t know about singe mothers and the mental load.

Is the Economic Case for Child Care, Working?

For over twenty years, experts and advocates have made the case that public investments in child care benefit the economy as a whole, stimulating billions of dollars in spending. Has it changed anyone’s minds?

Accounting for the Price of Parenting While Standing on the Precipice of Motherhood

We know that parenting will be hard work. But should becoming a parent make life so much harder?

What are the conditions that set you up for your best deep work?

“One time use survey showed that women were being interrupted during the pandemic every 3 minutes and 42 seconds. Deep work is only achieved by women with caregiving responsibilities (like me) when we transfer the mental load to men. This issue is about men finally stepping up to do their fair share of housework and childcare -- and when the assumptions of who does what change to structured decision making of who does what. Even women who are not caregivers and who are not married to men cannot do deep work when they are assumed to handle all non-promotable tasks at their workplaces like ordering the boss's birthday cake. “

Eve Rodsky
NYT bestselling author of Fair Play and founder of Fair Play Policy Institute

Read more about Eve and see other responses here.

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