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The Brood: Working parents struggle to balance work and family duties
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Nov 10, 2015
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The Brood: Working parents struggle to balance work and family duties
Economically speaking, families with two full-time working parents are better off than most. But how are they faring mentally? Or emotionally?
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Economically speaking, families with two full-time working parents are better off than most. But how are they faring mentally? Or emotionally?

Economically speaking, families with two full-time working parents are better off than most.

But how are they faring mentally? Or emotionally? A recent Pew Research Center survey shows that balancing work and family poses challenges for moms and dads.

For example, among working mothers, 41 percent report that being a parent has made it harder for them to advance in their career; about half that share of working fathers say the same.

Joining Take Two to discuss: 

  • Juliana Horowitz, associate director of research at the Pew Research Center
  • Darby Saxbe, assistant professor of psychology at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences