Crisis Conversations: Parenting Alone in the Time of COVID-19

It's tough to be a single parent in the best of times. Now the coronavirus pandemic has made it even harder. One in five children in the United States live with a single mother, and 4 percent live with a single father. And while the number of children living with an unmarried parent has more than doubled since 1968, most work and care systems are still set up to support two-parent families. How are single-parent families managing the coronavirus pandemic? And what will they need to thrive once we’re out of the crisis?

Host Brigid Schulte — author of the New York Times Bestseller "Overwhelmed" and director of New America's Better Life Lab — is joined by guests including:

Nahsis Davis, nurse practitioner and single foster mother of three.

Alison Griffin, senior vice president for Whiteboard Advisors and a single mother of two.

Nicole Sussner Rodgers, founder and executive director, Family Story.

And ... we invite you to join us on Friday, May 15 at 1 pm Eastern time, for the live recording os a 30-minute interactive conversation on how the emergency paid sick leave law is working – or not. The United States is one of just 11 countries around the world that don’t guarantee workers paid time off to stay home if they’re sick – one of the surest ways to slow the spread of infection. Jody Heymann, director of the World Policy Analysis Center at UCLA shares a new report on paid sick leave policies around the world that shows how all workers can be covered. We’ll have stories from the field on why they should be. Here's the link to join:

https://newamerica.zoom.us/webinar/register/9715892325953/WN_IcNuQ93QQoKIv9GKV7hP5g

Host:

Brigid Schulte

Director, Better Life Lab at New America

Guest:

Jody Heymann

Founding Director, World Policy Analysis Center