Pandemic Parenting Articles
Much is being written about the struggles of pandemic parenting, especially by women who are taking on a greater share of the burden of childcare while schools are closed. Outside care has been non-existent for the last two months in most places, without an end in sight due to safety considerations and the extra cost of complying with new requirements for social distancing and health checks. Here are articles on pandemic parenting, its impact on women and men, gender equality and differences based on sex, race, socioeconomic status, etc.
- The Future May be Female But the Pandemic is Patriarchal https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/04/02/the-future-may-be-female-but-the-pandemic-is-patriarchal/
- A Gender Lens for COVID-19 https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/covid19-response-requires-a-gender-lens-by-susan-papp-and-marcy-hersh-2020-03
- Millions of dads are stuck at home — which could be a game changer for working moms [written by a hopeful woman, of course] https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/03/economy/childcare-gender-equality-coronavirus/index.html
- UNFPA March 2020 Technical Brief: COVID-19: A Gender Lens – Protecting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and Promoting Gender Equality. https://www.unfpa.org/resources/covid-19-gender-lens
- Governors Can Reopen All They Like. Without Child Care, Parents Can’t Work https://www.newsweek.com/governors-can-reopen-all-they-like-without-child-care-parents-cant-work-opinion-1500776
- The “All-Consuming” Emotional Labor Caused by Coronavirus—and Shouldered by Women https://msmagazine.com/2020/03/31/op-ed-the-all-consuming-emotional-labor-caused-by-coronavirus-and-disproportionately-shouldered-by-women/
- ‘I Feel Like I Have Five Jobs’: Moms Navigate the Pandemic https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/parenting/childcare-coronavirus-moms.html
- 14% of women considered quitting their jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic https://fortune.com/2020/04/23/coronavirus-women-should-i-quit-my-job-covid-19-childcare/
- Parents Are Not Ok. [that inspired my blog post by the same title] https://medium.com/@chloe.cooney/parents-are-not-ok-66ab2a3e42d9
- Why Some Women Call This Recession A ‘Shecession’ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/us/unemployment-coronavirus-women.html
- Preschools and childcare might reopen soon. Should you send your kid? https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/16/health/preschool-childcare-reopen-parenting-coronavirus-wellness/index.html
- ‘I Have Given Up’: Parenting in Quarentine https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/opinion/parenting-coronavirus-burnout.html
- Two Parents. Two Kids. Two Jobs. No Childcare. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/opinion/coronavirus-parenting-burnout.html
- Now is the Perfect Time to Lower the Parenting Bar https://www.thecut.com/2020/03/how-to-work-from-home-with-kids.html?
- Why coronavirus may forever change the way we care within families https://theconversation.com/why-coronavirus-may-forever-change-the-way-we-care-within-families-134527
- As the lockdown bites, it’s women who are taking the strain https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/17/lockdown-women-working-mothers-coronavirus-home-working
- The Parents are Not Okay in the Age of COVID-19 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-the-parents-are-not-okay-in-the-age-of-covid-19/
- Women’s research plummets during lockdown – but articles from men increase https://amp.theguardian.com/education/2020/may/12/womens-research-plummets-during-lockdown-but-articles-from-men-increase
- Covid-19 and the Academic Parent https://chroniclevitae.com/news/2344-covid-19-and-the-academic-parent
- ‘I feel like a 1950s housewife’: how lockdown has exposed the gender divide https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/03/i-feel-like-a-1950s-housewife-how-lockdown-has-exposed-the-gender-divide
- For parents of color, schooling at home can be an act of resistance https://theconversation.com/for-parents-of-color-schooling-at-home-can-be-an-act-of-resistance-137691
- Say Hello to That New Spin Studio and Goodbye to Your Child Care https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/opinion/child-day-care-coronavirus.html
- In one month, job cuts wipe out women’s gains of the past decade https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/19/nation/one-month-job-cuts-wipe-out-womens-gains-past-decade/
- Why Are COVID-19-Related Job Losses Hitting Women Harder Than Men? https://www.forbes.com/sites/reneemorad/2020/04/30/why-are-covid-19-related-job-losses-hitting-women-harder-than-men
- The Economic Devastation Of COVID-19 Is Hitting Women Particularly HardThe Economic Devastation Of COVID-19 Is Hitting Women Particularly Hard https://www.huffpost.com/entry/women-coronavirus-lost-jobs_n_5e90a363c5b685fbc7d4a557
- Class Inequality and Parenting During the Pandemic https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/social-fabric/202005/class-inequality-and-parenting-during-the-pandemic
- Pandemic Parenting: How to talk to your children about our “new normal” https://www.alive.com/lifestyle/pandemic-parenting/
- Parenting during a pandemic: ‘Our children are not OK’ https://www.ajc.com/blog/get-schooled/parenting-during-pandemic-our-children-are-not/h5FDiPTMPBdT8pRsV6gzRM/
- Opinion: This is not home schooling, distance learning or online schooling. https://www.ajc.com/blog/get-schooled/opinion-this-not-home-schooling-distance-learning-online-schooling/b9rNnK77eyVLhsRMhaqZwL/
- Pandemic parenting advice from a single mom https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/09/health/rachel-simmons-single-parent-coronavirus-wellness/
- The Pandemic Is a Family Emergency https://newrepublic.com/article/157528/coronavirus-pandemic-family-care-work-crisis-social-reproduction-theory
- Not everybody can work from home: Black and Hispanic workers are much less likely to be able to telework https://www.epi.org/blog/black-and-hispanic-workers-are-much-less-likely-to-be-able-to-work-from-home/
- ‘White-Collar Quarantine’ Over Virus Spotlights Class Divide https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/business/economy/coronavirus-inequality.html
- With No End in Sight to the Coronavirus, Some Teachers Are Retiring Rather Than Going Back to School https://time.com/5864158/coronavirus-teachers-school/
- I felt like I had to go part-time when my kids were young. This shouldn’t be the norm. https://www.thelily.com/i-felt-like-i-had-to-go-part-time-when-my-kids-were-young-this-shouldnt-be-the-norm/
… MORE TO COME (to be updated on Articles tab under Pandemic Parenting Policy?).