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Video chats, texting added to stress of mothers working from home during Covid: Study

The study, published in the journal Communication Reports, found that the stress levels among women with children skyrocketed most likely because of blurred work-life balance boundaries

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Covid-19 tech tools for work-from-home, including video meetings and texting, designed to make remote work easier have added to the stress and exacerbated the mental health toll on burnt-out moms trying to hold everything together, finds a study. 

The study found that stress levels among women with children skyrocketed -- likely because blurred work-life balance boundaries meant they took on the brunt of juggling homeschooling and household chores alongside professional duties. 

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