U.S. Policies Come Up Short In Aiding Working Mothers

It may not come as a shock to working moms in the U.S., but a new comparative study finds that America’s work-family welfare policies leave much to be desired. “The conversation is no longer about whether women should work, because today it is often economically necessary for families to have two incomes to stay afloat,” said study author Caitlyn Collins, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. “The conversation today is about the conditions in which families are best able to manage earning an income while caring for their members that does not place this burden unduly on women’s shoulders.”