“I think it’s very feasible for companies to have shorter work weeks. They’re doing it in Europe and those countries are thriving. Sweden has a thriving economy, and every parent has the right to work a 30-hour week until their kids go to school. This isn’t killing the company.”

— Ann Crittenden
Author, “The Price of Motherhood”

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