When children are in environments that are stressful, neglected, violent, that affects formation of the brain, and can have lasting effect.

In a study that I just did, I found that it was older children, not younger children, who felt that they didn't have enough time with their parents.

When you feel pressured and pushed, when you feel not respected, when you feel tension at work, when you feel the work that you do isn't of real value, that leads to overwork, ... Sizable portions of the U.S. work forces have these feelings.

Psychologists call those, transitional objects,

In the real world, people are moving in and out of the labor force.

You can have a policy, but there can be a culture against using it. The culture is where the rubber meets the road. It's actually what happens to people, regardless of what the policies are.