If it feels like people in the U.S. are having fewer kids, it’s not just you. In fact, data from the National Center for Health Statistics shows that in 2018, the average woman had just one child, compared to more than three in 1960. At the same time, the number of women in the workforce has increased.

The tension between being a committed parent and being a worker is no new phenomenon. But with a labor market that is likely to remain tight and the evolving but continual interest in D&I, experts say employers would do well to make the workplace hospitable to parents, particularly mothers — or risk losing them.

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