Dads In Lockdown: Research Shows Unequal Share Of Parenting

As Father’s Day approaches it is noteworthy that more fathers in the U.S. and globally are working from home and sharing in childcare duties, even homeschooling. More of them are sharing Zoom screens on business calls with their children at home in the background.

Yet an abundance of new research shows mothers are not faring as well as fathers in the lockdown days of COVID-19.

A May report from the National Women’s Law Center shows “women — and particularly women of color — hold the majority of health care, child care and other jobs now deemed both essential and dangerous amid a pandemic,” according to Benefits Pro.