Working Parents Confront Biases, Burnout and Need for Boundaries

Leaders get real about what’s working and what’s not during Adweek's recent community town hall

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Nearly half of families had one or both parents leave the workforce or scale back their careers during the pandemic—which means the other half continued (picture air quotes here) “business as usual.” Recently, at Adweek’s Working Parents Townhall, leaders from Mars, Poshmark, Tejari and creative agency Curiosity shared their journeys as working parents, along with personal advice perspectives on what needs to change in our industry. 

Amanda Slavin, co-founder of CatalystU and the event’s moderator, opened the event by highlighting a perhaps unseen benefit of being a working parent today.

“We’re

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