My business partner and I are both parents now and we're trying to build a company culture that's truly family-friendly, but we're realizing that what works for my situation doesn't work for theirs. They have reliable childcare and a spouse who can flex, I'm doing it mostly solo, and our 'flexible' policies reflect their reality more than mine.
More people experience this than they realize.
Attempting to create equitable policies reveals how different family structures and support systems create unequal access to professional opportunities, even among peers.
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