India, Dec. 3 -- Balancing a job and a baby has never been easy. In today's time, with hybrid work, long hours, and rising digital distractions, parents often feel like they are constantly choosing between deadlines and diapers, meetings and mealtimes. However, research and real-life experience reveal a clear truth: when parents work as a team, everything becomes lighter - work, parenting, and even the relationship. (Also read: Surat paediatrician shares how too much love from grandparents can spoil kids; offers tips for parents to strike balance )

According to a 2024 study published in the journal Psychology Research and Behaviour Management, a survey of 1,279 mothers of preschoolers in Shanghai found that when co-parenting was unsuppor...