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Who Is Responsible for Work-Life Balance?

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  • Pediatric Critical Care, UCLA Medical Center, Mattel Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, USA Keywords: work–life balance, maternity leave, working mother, day care, gender inequality

  • Specialty section: This article was submitted to Pediatric Critical Care, a section of the journal Frontiers in Pediatrics

  • The problem with the concept of work–life balance is that most of the onus of achieving such clarity and satisfaction is left to the employee

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Pediatric Critical Care, UCLA Medical Center, Mattel Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, USA Keywords: work–life balance, maternity leave, working mother, day care, gender inequality. As a pediatric intensivist and mother of two, I am ruled by the demands and requirements imposed both by my employer and academic position and by my beautiful children. It is the culture around and perception of working mothers that needs to change – both at work and in life.

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