Crisis Conversations: Being a Dad in the Time of COVID-19

Before COVID-19 hit, women spent about twice as much time as men doing childcare and housework. That unequal gendered division of labor at home contributed to gender inequality in the workplace. — and to a persistent gender pay gap.But is the pandemic now changing that dynamic? And if so, will those changes last?Hosted by Brigid Schulte, Director, Better Life Lab at New America.Guests include:Dan Carlson, Assistant Professor of Family, Health and Policy at the University of Utah, and author of Men and Women agree: During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Men are Doing More at Home.Glen “Beleaf” Henry, an artist and rapper who documents life as a black father on his YouTube Channel, beleafinfatherhood and his TEDx Talk: What I’ve learned being a stay at home Dad.Dan Herman, a full-time dad in New York who prior to COVID-19 was a high-lying tech executive.Haley Swenson, Better Life Lab deputy director and author of the report, “Engaged Dads.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.