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Mar 2019
25m 26s

Why U.S. Working Moms Are So Stressed – ...

Harvard Business Review
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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 benefit ... Show More
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