The obvious solution that brings many other benefits is to allow people to work from home.
By simply removing the long commute the problem is already nearly solved, as all of a sudden people have two extra hours of productive work in many cases.
If a kid wakes you up at 3 AM, it helps to only have to wake up at 8AM instead of 6AM. Also, the levels of stress while working from home make for much more productive workers.
There are many other benefits, but making it easier to reconcile parenting with a full time job is one of the biggest.
By simply removing the long commute the problem is already nearly solved, as all of a sudden people have two extra hours of productive work in many cases.
If a kid wakes you up at 3 AM, it helps to only have to wake up at 8AM instead of 6AM. Also, the levels of stress while working from home make for much more productive workers.
There are many other benefits, but making it easier to reconcile parenting with a full time job is one of the biggest.