Emily Blunt has announced she is taking a year off to spend more time with her kids Little has changed for mothers since I was raising my son, writes Linda Kelsey
It surprises me that the older I get, and the more I reflect on those early years when I simply wasn’t around to tend and care for my son much of the time, the more I feel a stab of loss, and uncertainty, and a sense of both mother and son missing out. I wouldn’t call it regret, it’s not that straightforward, and I had a career I loved, but one thing I do know is that as a society we haven’t got this problem sorted.
And right now, with the ongoing economic effects of the pandemic and mortgages shooting through the roof, time off – whether for single mums or one of a dual-income couple – isn’t even an option for many. According to the, until 2020 the most common working arrangement for families where both parents worked was for a man to work full-time and the partner part-time. Now the most common working arrangement is both working parents working full-time.
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