Companies ask employees to be available at the last minute exactly when needed, with little regard to how scheduling affects their family lives. Parents who work such hours often aren’t home to help their children get their science projects done or look over their math homework. Living by the forever clock, families subject to just-in-time schedules never have enough time. One important reason American families are used by such schedules is that our leaders, though they say that they value parenting and caregiving, do little to support them and much to impede their efforts.
