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A new Pew Research Center report about dual-breadwinner households has been the talk of working parents in recent weeks. The paper, which showed that working moms and dads are stressed…

Compressed workweeks — the delightful term human resources people use for putting in 40 hours in fewer than five days — are “a great way to provide employees the flexibility…

Lotte Bailyn hates the phrase work–life balance. “Work–life” implies that the two exist in separate spheres. And “balance” implies that there’s a trade-off to be made. For Bailyn, the T…

It’s summer, time for idyllic family vacations, right? But if you’re like most Americans, it’s hard to get away from work, and even if you do, it’s hard not to…

Dual-career couples especially struggle with tradeoffs, not only between work and personal life, but between each of their careers (and most don’t have the option of chucking it all to…

Unlike previous generations, Millennial men have stood out in their willingness to take on household duties, split childcare responsibilities, and even sacrifice a few years of their career to be…