Only two countries in the advanced world provide no guarantee for paid leave from work to care for a newborn child.

在发达国家中，只有两个国家没有提供保障带薪产假来照顾新生儿。

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Perhaps long transit times exacerbate corrosive marital inequalities, with one partner overburdened by child care and the other overburdened by work.

或许，过长的乘车时间加剧了婚姻生活中的不平等性，一方照料孩子负担重，另一方也有过度繁重的工作。

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Many experts are concerned that child care and flexible work options have not nearly kept apace with this change.

很多专家担心，儿童保育和弹性工作选择远远没有适应这种改变。

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In an ironic self-perpetuating cycle, parents need to pay for child care so they can afford to work long hours, but the child care itself places a strain on their budget that must be corrected with increased income.

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She acknowledges that she has to be better at appreciating Greg's difficulties in juggling both child care and unpredictable work.

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Most excuses are less creative: doctor's order, child-care issues, work that can't be missed, a planned once-in-a-lifetime vacation.

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