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Title: The Fundamental Misalignment of Work and Life Author: Rebecca Rosen Source: The Atlantic

*Date:* Dec 18, 2015

*Summary: *For many families, the solutions are stop-gap measures—find a free relative for some days, an after-school program on others, maybe work from home for a bit while the kids bounce off the walls, or pay for private care (an option that many cannot afford). It’s no wonder then that, according to a new Pew report http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/12/17/parenting-in-america/, so many parents—39 percent—are reporting that they have a hard time finding satisfactory options for their kids. And the numbers are much worse for black families (56 percent) and poor families (52 percent). And for families with little kids, finding daycare is major problem. According to Pew, 67 percent—two-thirds—of parents in families with two earners say that it’s hard to find quality daycare they can afford.

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