Families are pressed for time, many with both parents working to pay for their house, often working hours not of their choosing, living in car-dependent neighborhoods with limited public transport.

家庭的时间很紧迫，许多家庭的父母都在为房子付款而工作，通常无法选择工作时间，他们所在的社区依赖汽车出行，公共交通有限。

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Like many working parents, Beverly Flaxington armed her daughter with a cell phone in fifth grade, when the time came for her to venture out alone.

像很多上班族的父母一样，贝弗利·弗兰克辛顿在她女儿五年级开始独自外出时给她配了一部手机。

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Many people are lonely. Their children are busy working and don't have time to spend with their parents. And dogs are the most intimate pet for people to have.

很多人非常孤独，他们的孩子忙于工作，没有时间陪伴他们的父母，对这些人来说，狗是非常亲密的宠物。

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But it's different today,she says. With many parents working, it's often easier for them to have their kids play inside with a video game or watch TV.

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Morin says that with so many people 35 and younger growing up with two working parents, there's been less time for passing on cooking, crafting and DIY techniques.

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Now, it has become increasingly difficult to keep the list down to 100, with so many companies employing innovative strategies to help working parents.

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In working with the students, Pyfrom found that many parents didn't know how to use a computer.

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