Editor's note

When millions of women marched recently in Washington D.C. and many other cities across the world,  they might have demonstrated their empowerment. But, how many mothers among them left reminders and to-do lists for the dads?

Even in families with progressive views on parenting, equality has not been achieved, writes Ohio State University’s Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan. Mothers take on the “worry work,”-- “mothers remember and mothers remind.”

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Kalpana Jain

Senior Editor, Education

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