Bright Horizons’ annual Modern Families’ Index suggests little progress has been made to help working parents manage the cost of living and balance their work and family life.
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Key findings of the Index, which is based upon a survey of over 3,000 working families, reveal:
The survey also finds that working mothers are impacted the most, with almost three quarters saying they ‘carry the mental load for parenting’, compared to 48 per cent of working fathers.
Jennifer Liston-Smith, head of thought leadership at Bright Horizons, said, ‘The results of this year’s Modern Families Index are worrying to say the least. We would prefer to be reporting on progress - as we have in this research across the last decade and more - but something seems to be shifting in the wrong direction and the added pressures are clearly taking their toll.
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