Parenting Journal · Work & family · Volume 1 · Issue 5

A Workplace Where Families Flourish

One hundred readings on work, care and organizational life. Direct working-family evidence and broader workplace evidence are labeled separately.

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Vol. 1 · Issue 5 · Collaboration · Longitudinal mixed-methods cohort study

‘I can no longer do my work like how I used to’: a mixed methods longitudinal cohort study exploring how informal working mothers balance the requirements of livelihood and safe childcare in South Africa

Who helps keep childcare safe and reliable when a parent must earn an income?

Christiane Horwood; Rachael Hinton; Lyn Haskins; Silondile Luthuli; Sphindile Mapumulo; Nigel Rollins · 2021-08-06 · BMC Women's Health

Mothers and their new infants.CC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 5 · Collaboration · Descriptive cross-sectional worker survey

A descriptive study to explore working conditions and childcare practices among informal women workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: identifying opportunities to support childcare for mothers in informal work

Does a parent have a dependable care arrangement—or only a series of difficult compromises?

Christiane Horwood; Lyn Haskins; Laura Alfers; Zandile Masango-Muzindutsi; Richard Dobson; Nigel Rollins · 2019-10-25 · BMC Pediatrics

Mothers of children under two years.CC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 5 · Collaboration · Qualitative community-service interview study

“You really need a whole community”: a qualitative study of mothers’ need for and experiences with childcare support during cancer treatment and recovery

How could a workplace connect a parent facing serious illness with dependable childcare support?

Cheryl Pritlove; Lisa V. Dias · 2022-10-13 · Supportive Care in Cancer

Adults parenting dependent children during illness.CC BY 4.0Workplace evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 5 · Collaboration · Longitudinal state-policy and administrative-data analysis

Childcare Subsidy Enrollment Income Generosity and Child Maltreatment

Can a small increase in earnings unexpectedly cut off the childcare a family needs?

J Bart Klika; Kathryn Maguire-Jack; Megan Feely; William Schneider; Garrett T Pace; Whitney Rostad; Catherine A Murphy; Melissa T Merrick · 2022-12-28 · Children

Children aged 0–5, 6–12 and 13–17; low-income working families.CC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 5 · Collaboration · Qualitative mother-and-educator interview study

‘There’s a Little Bit of Tension There’: perspectives of mothers and early childhood educators on breast-feeding in child care centers

Are the workplace and childcare center making compatible plans with the parent?

Jill R Demirci; Rachel Dieterich; Melissa Glasser; Caroline Harpel; Timothy Shope · 2025-01-07 · Public Health Nutrition

Mothers of infants in center-based care.CC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 5 · Collaboration · Mixed-methods community-readiness assessment

Communities and employers show a high level of preparedness in supporting working mothers to combine breastfeeding with work in rural Kenya

Are we ready to support a parent in practice, or only in principle?

Taddese Alemu Zerfu; Paula Griffiths; Teresia Macharia; Eva W Kamande; Esther Anono; Laura Kiige; Peter Muriuki Gatheru; Susan Jobando; Grainne Moloney; Elizabeth Wambui Kimani‐Murage · 2021-04-15 · Maternal & Child Nutrition

Working mothers and infants; adult community stakeholders.CC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 5 · Collaboration · Cross-sectional employer workplace survey

Employers’ perspective of workplace breastfeeding support in Karachi, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study

Have we connected the policies and facilities a parent needs across one ordinary workday?

Jamil Ahmed Soomro; Zeeshan Noor Shaikh; Tennegedara Buhary Saheer; Suhail Ahmed Bijarani · 2016-09-06 · International Breastfeeding Journal

Workplaces employing lactating adult mothers.CC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 5 · Collaboration · Qualitative stakeholder-network mapping study

An analysis of actors participating in the design and implementation of workplace breastfeeding interventions in Mexico using the NetMap analysis approach

Are parents and employers at the table when support programs are designed?

Kathrin Litwan; Vania Lara-Mejía; Teresa Chahine; Sonia Hernández-Cordero; Mireya Vilar-Compte; Rafael Pérez-Escamilla · 2023-11-08 · Frontiers in Public Health

Adult policy and implementation stakeholders.CC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 5 · Collaboration · Multi-stakeholder qualitative study

Exclusive breastfeeding among working mothers in Kenya: Perspectives from women, families and employers

Do managers, caregivers and parents agree about what makes support workable?

Scott B. Ickes; Hannah Sanders; Donna M. Denno; Jennifer A. Myhre; Joyceline Kinyua; Benson Singa; Hellen Sankaine Lemein; Lora L. Iannotti; Carey Farquhar; Judd L. Walson; Ruth Nduati · 2021-05-05 · Maternal & Child Nutrition

Employed mothers and infants during the first six months.CC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 5 · Collaboration · Qualitative manager interview study

Women workers’ rights and managers’ point of view: a qualitative approach to maternity leave and breastfeeding

Does the manager understand the options well enough to plan with the parent?

Marília Neves Santos; Alanna Santos de Oliveira; Bruna Souza Pereira Fagundes; Ester William Ferreira; Gabriela Buccini; Leandro Alves Pereira; Luciana Saraiva da Silva; Vivian Mara Gonçalves de Oliveira Azevedo; Ana Elisa Madalena Rinaldi · 2026-07-06 · Cadernos de Saúde Pública

Managers of pregnant and breastfeeding adult employees.CC BY (version not stated)Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 5 · Collaboration · Systematic review

Work, Motherhood, and Nutrition: Investigating the Association of Maternal Employment on Child Nutritional Status in South Asia—A Systematic Review

What support around a mother’s job changes the conditions for a child’s wellbeing?

Rupali Tushar Waghode; Surabhi Singh Yadav; Ravindra Ghooi; Shariza Abdul Razak; Kavitha Chandrasekhara Menon · 2025-03-18 · Nutrients

Working mothers and children up to twelve years.CC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 5 · Collaboration · Student attitude survey with qualitative-response coding

Mother Like Mothers and Work Like Fathers: U.S. Heterosexual College Students’ Assumptions About Who Should Meet Childcare and Housework Demands

Whose responsibility do we assume childcare is before a family even asks for help?

Annie McConnon; Allegra J Midgette; Clare Conry-Murray · 2021-10-28 · Sex Roles

Young adults; mean age 20.57 years, not a sample of working parents.CC BY 4.0Workplace evidence
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Study designs and age labels describe the source. Read each study’s findings and limitations before applying them to your family.