Working from home is bad for family life as parents struggle to juggle childcare with career commitments
- Survey of parents with young children shows impact of work pattern changes
- Almost half (49 per cent) had woken up in the night worrying about childcare
- A similar number were caught looking for ad-hoc childcare solutions more often
Working from home is having an adverse effect on family life as parents struggle to juggle childcare with career commitments, according to new research.
Ahead of more Plan B measures coming into force tomorrow, a survey of parents with young children showed the negative impact of continually changing work patterns.
Some 71 per cent of the parents questioned have now moved to remote or hybrid working, but it is taking its toll on their mental wellbeing.
A survey of parents with young children showed the negative impact of continually changing work patterns
Around 55 per cent found planning work and childcare commitments more stressful now than before the pandemic.
Almost half (49 per cent) had woken up in the night worrying about childcare, while a similar number were caught looking for ad-hoc childcare solutions far more frequently than before.
Lance Beare, CEO of flexible-childcare booking platform Pebble, told The Mail on Sunday: ‘The mass transition to remote and hybrid working has been heralded as a great thing for parents, helping them access a new work-life balance.
‘But this isn’t the picture our research paints. Parents are more stressed out than ever, because while ways of working have changed, the support structures they rely on have not.’
Around 55 per cent found planning work and childcare commitments more stressful now than before the pandemic