By Jon Caroulis Parents struggle to balance their work lives with their home lives.
Companies struggle to accommodate workers with young children.
The two parties often have difficulties understanding the needs of one another. For some time, Joan Goodman , professor of education at Penn's Graduate School of Education , has been concerned with the fate of young children as increasing numbers of working single parents and couples struggle with the limited child-care options available. There had to be better solutions, she believed, for families and businesses to resolve their common problems so that parents could invest fully in their work lives, while knowing that their children were receiving good care. With all the changes in the work force, we need to be sure that children are not left behind. Day care is limited and often of questionable quality.