Summer is at an end and many of us are finishing up our last vacation days this year. Now is a good time to note the challenges that can be spoilers.

“Parenting,” not a common word in our parents’ generation, now attracts a billion dollar industry of advice experts.

While there have been great social changes in the past 50 years, with women entering the workforce en mass, sometimes bringing home bigger paychecks than their husbands, the division of domestic chores has not kept pace. Many women still feel like they do the lion’s share of the work at home, a “second shift,” in addition to their paying jobs.