Sentences with phrase «productivity of working parents»

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By loudly owning her choices, Sandberg makes it a little safer for the rest of us to declare that parents working late into the night is killer on families (Mashable points to research «that children are healthier, happier and better performing students when they eat with their families») and on personal productivity and health, making it a bit easier for those of us with less lofty positions to take back our schedules and admit that we need to work saner hours.

Conservatives can be the party that reduces the tax system's bias against working parents, that uses markets to increase the productivity of our enormous health care system, and that transforms our welfare state to make work and family formation a better deal.

And in terms of informing expectations of a child based on his or her ability and then seeing a difference in their work productivity or wondering what an obstacle might be in their performance is something that a parent should consider.

Business would also be wise to support parents of young children seeking part - time work since research demonstrates that family - flexibility has pay - backs by cutting sickness rates and improving staff retention, loyalty and productivity.»

Among them are deleterious effects on children of unregulated and often substandard childcare; [9] lost productivity for employers due to parents missing work to handle gaps in childcare or to care for a sick child; [10] lost wages and reduced retirement benefits for parents who have to drop out of the labor market to provide at - home care for their young children; [11] a substantial downward pressure on the wages of childcare workers with effects on the quality and stability of the childcare workforce; [12] and lost opportunities for further education, [13] college savings, and other investments that working parents could make in themselves and their children but can not afford because they are spending most or all of their disposable income on childcare.

According to a Center for American Progress report examining the largest school districts in the country, schools are closed for an average of 29 days each school year — not including summer recess — which is 13 days longer than the average private sector worker has in paid leave.58 Not only do days off increase the cost of child care, but the short length of the school day also decreases economic productivity when parents have to take time off from work or when parents with elementary school - age children opt out of full - time employment in order to accommodate their children's schedules.59

Being a father, or a mother (funny how we have to have both parents work in this hyper age of productivity).

In this interview, Sara Austin of Cosmo talks about working for working's sake - where people put in longer hours in a workplace version of «keeping up with the Joneses» even though it does do much for their productivity - and how that especially affects new parents.

Of course, any new parents will have their newborn on their minds, but these techniques and skills will help to manage the work / personal life balance and lead to regained productivity in the workplace.

Living apart may help increase work productivity, enable the care of a loved one (e.g., helping a sick parent), or help maintain a level of autonomy for the individuals in the relationship.4 Whereas this type of relationship may not be «traditional,» it does work for some and appears across age and socioeconomic groups.