The Parent Trap

The last twelve months have been difficult for so many of us in so many different ways. We have found ourselves in and out of lockdowns, isolated from loved ones and all with a heightened sense of anxiety and an overhanging sense of threat from the pandemic. Working parents have been thrust into the role of teacher, coping with 24/7 childcare and boundary-less work: their very identity has changed as the various roles played working parents merge. There is precious little time, if any, ‘me' time as a working parent at the moment.  The prolonged period of time that these demands have been made on working parents has undoubtedly taken its toll – but it has also brought to the forefront an issue that so many employers and managers have been paying lip service to for all too long.