Love in the Time of Corona: Parenting, Pandemic, and Professionalism
summary
Home-working parents juggle meetings with childcare and eldercare, with one live demo of a child interrupting a presentation and a manager reporting five hours a day doing laundry. Claims: mental health services are scarce, emotional labor rises, and a record number of women leaving the workforce creates one-to-two year career losses for those de-prioritizing promotions. Concrete fixes proposed: explicit, revised performance expectations; normalize care and real-talk at work; thank colleagues covering gaps; and redesign social systems and safety nets for resiliency.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:44Life in Tender Times
- 5:24Making the Invisible Visible
- 7:24Child Care Options
- 11:56Mental Health Resources
- 13:26Impact on Women
- 15:22Short Term Challenges
- 19:04Long Term Challenges
- 20:54What Can We Do
- 21:08Empathy
- 23:25Real Talk
- 24:39Care Responsibilities
- 25:37Performance Expectations
- 26:59Give Yourself a Break
- 27:44Rethink Our World
- 28:37Questions
