For Mom: Flowers, Chocolate, Extra Leave

Sunday is Mother’s Day. Many of us will send flowers, gifts, and cards, some of which will be delivered to mom at the office.

The majority of modern mothers will have worked while raising their children. Seventy percent of women with children under age 18 held jobs in 2013, according to the most recent data from the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fifty-nine percent of mothers who worked full time during their pregnancy returned to work within three months of giving birth, the National Partnership for Women and Families reported in 2016.

What was once considered a private family ...