The Relentless Despair Of Being A Working Mom In 2020

When her daughter’s elementary school shuttered in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brenda Torres adapted. The 37-year-old single mom hunkered down with her daughter in their Canyon County, Idaho, home. She kept her job with a radio traffic software company that she said has been “really cool about the whole situation.” Her daughter did her best to learn at home. By early summer, Torres was starting to unravel. The grind of parenting and…