On Mother’s Day 2016, Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and author of Lean In, wrote a notable Facebook post: “I did not really get how hard it is to succeed at work when you are overwhelmed at home.” Sandberg was specifically talking about single mothers (her husband died unexpectedly in 2015). But she could have been speaking for the millions of Americans who struggle to balance the responsibilities of work and family life.
