History buffs are well acquainted with the efforts by the United States after World War II to rebuild a devastated Europe, named for Secretary of State and former US Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall.  It was feared that without this aid, Europe was ripe for yet another war, especially invasion by the Soviet Union.

In many ways, the pandemic has had some of the characteristics and stresses of a war; notably the strain on mothers who had to figure out how to cope with careers and kids being schooled virtually among other things.

Inc Magazine offers a brief article on a “Marshall Plan for Moms” (complete with a commercial for same). It’s author, Reshma Saujani “Knows what Working Parents Really Want for Mother’s Day:  Employers That Take Burnout Seriously.”

Does your company have a “Marshall Plan for Moms?”