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Parents want to work from home for good. But for moms, the effects could be dire.
Caroline Kitchener, The Washington Post
April 30, 2021
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1of2Chan Téi DuRant is one of many parents reevaluating their priorities while working from home.photo for The Washington Post by Alyssa Schukar.Show MoreShow Less
2of2Loren Arcaria, a single mother, outside of her home in Farmingdale, N.Y.photo for The Washington Post by Johnny Milano.Show MoreShow Less
WASHINGTON - The hour between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. used to be Chan Téi DuRant s least favorite hour of the day.
Within minutes of leaving her D.C. office, she would be in bumper-to-bumper traffic, inching along the interstate as she stared at the clock, picturing her 9-year-old daughter alone on the playground with the only teacher who hadn t gone home for the day. By the time she arrived at her daughter s school, 25 miles away, DuRant, a single mom, was frustrated and exhausted. She would already be
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At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site.
I feel I’m engaging in a macabre form of tape-watching.
The Northeast jump looks like enormous data error; the CDC data doesn’t show it, so it’s down to Johns Hopkins of DIVOC-19; I’ve written the maintainer. UPDATE No response from the maintainer. I think I’ll try the telephone. (Here are the data status updates.)
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Mothers used to be stigmatized for working from home. Those stereotypes may persist, experts say. Bethesda, Maryland Friday, April 16, 2021 ChanTei DuRant poses for a portrait outside of her home where she works for the city of Washington, D.C. CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Washington Post Caroline Kitchener
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Correction: An earlier version of this article included an incorrect spelling of Emma Zang’s name.
The hour between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. used to be Chan Téi DuRant’s least favorite hour of the day.
Within minutes of leaving her D.C. office, she would be in bumper-to-bumper traffic, inching along the interstate as she stared at the clock, picturing her 9-year-old daughter alone on the playground with the only teacher who hadn’t gone home for the day. By the time she arrived at her daughter’s school, 25 miles away, DuRant, a single mom, was frustrated and exhausted. She would already be dreading the frenzied sequence of tasks that awaited them: homework