Moms weigh in on the pandemic
“I just want to maintain okay.
I don't even want to be great
right now. I just want to be okay,
I want to feel okay.”
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These moms were doing it all. Then the pandemic hit
We spoke to mothers across the country who have been affected by the pandemic. Listen to their stories.
By Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business
MacKenzie Nicholson
New Hampshire
MacKenzie Nicholson lives in Nottingham, New Hampshire, with her husband and two kids, ages 7 and 4. She was laid off from her nonprofit job in healthcare advocacy in June 2020 and has since struggled to re-enter the workforce without childcare. Her second grader has just returned to in-person learning after spending more than a year at home. But her younger child remains at home. When Nicholson was laid off, she could no longer afford preschool tuition so they lost their spot at the only licensed daycare in their area.