"Tending offers us a new vocabulary for the power of parenting – and a path forward.”

“Tending is a fresh, critically needed reevaluation of parenting for a new era. The pandemic has only served to shine a spotlight on what working parents know all-too well: The current model is broken. Too often caregivers are working a high-wire act without a net, personally and professionally. Amy’s research illuminates the incredible value of parenting skills, and the massive, measurable, positive impact parents can have in the workplace, and society at large, when given proper support. If the measure of a civilization is how it cares for its most vulnerable members, the same is true for how it cares for caregivers. It’s time we make sure caregivers of all kinds have the resources and support they need. Tending offers us a new vocabulary for the power of parenting – and a path forward.”

-Matt Markovich, Editorial Director, Firewood