Woes of Working parents

 Over the past two years, I’ve come to realize that the corporate system is inherently unsupportive of working parents. This isn’t about gender or singling out women or mothers—it’s about how the system is structured in a way that disproportionately disadvantages anyone raising children while working full-time.

The growing inconsistency in modern lifestyles—where many individuals choose not to marry or have children—has created a widening gap in expectations around work commitment. These expectations are increasingly misaligned with the realities of employees with children, who simply cannot match the same level of flexibility or availability.

There is no reliable, fail-safe childcare ecosystem. Whether it’s maids, nannies, or daycare, every option is expensive and vulnerable to sudden failure, often leaving parents stranded with no backup. This unpredictability comes at a significant financial and emotional cost.

At the same time, the rising cost of living combined with modest salary growth makes raising children feel economically unsustainable. What once seemed manageable now feels like a constant trade-off.

The Working from Home flexibility introduced during the COVID period—once a lifeline for working parents—is rapidly diminishing and, in many cases, is now viewed as a performance limitation rather than an enabler.

All of this culminates in an intensely stressful work environment, leading to burnout. For employees with children, recovery time is a luxury they simply do not have.