{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["18(21)"],"submitter":["Plagg B"],"pubmed_abstract":["(1) Background: In their efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, most countries closed schools and kindergartens. To date, little is known about the strategies of working families reconciling work and parenting during repeated lockdown situations. (2) Methods: We performed a quantitative survey of working parents in Italy during a week of 'hard lockdown' in February/March 2021. (3) Results: 3725 voluntary adult participants from different households responded. Though officially not allowed, 53.4% of all participants sought help from people outside the nuclear family to bridge the situation, mostly the grandparents (79%; n = 1855). Overall, parental coping strategies included alternating working-childcare-turns with their partner (35%, n = 1316), working early in the morning or during ni"],"journal":["International journal of environmental research and public health"],"pagination":["11174"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8583403"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Who Is Watching the Children? A Quantitative Analysis of Strategies for Reconciling Work and Parenting during Lockdown in Northern Italy."],"pmcid":["PMC8583403"],"pubmed_authors":["Plagg B","Eisendle K","Flarer H","Engl A","Conca A","Mairhofer S","Wiedermann CJ","Piccoliori G","Barbieri V"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Who Is Watching the Children? A Quantitative Analysis of Strategies for Reconciling Work and Parenting during Lockdown in Northern Italy.","description":"(1) Background: In their efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, most countries closed schools and kindergartens. To date, little is known about the strategies of working families reconciling work and parenting during repeated lockdown situations. (2) Methods: We performed a quantitative survey of working parents in Italy during a week of 'hard lockdown' in February/March 2021. (3) Results: 3725 voluntary adult participants from different households responded. Though officially not allowed, 53.4% of all participants sought help from people outside the nuclear family to bridge the situation, mostly the grandparents (79%; n = 1855). Overall, parental coping strategies included alternating working-childcare-turns with their partner (35%, n = 1316), working early in the morning or during ni","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Oct","modification":"2026-07-09T11:50:41.701Z","creation":"2022-02-11T14:52:04.532Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8583403","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34769693"],"doi":["10.3390/ijerph182111174"]}}