Even in lockdown, mothers bear the brunt of child care.
FOR ALL the talk about responsible fathering and child care, it is still mothers who spend much more of their time looking after children—even during the pandemic, even when both parents are furloughed and even when both are working from home. That is one of several findings from a study published this week by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), a British think-tank, seeking to answer the question: “How are mothers and fathers balancing work and family under lockdown?”