'I am a better mom': After quitting their jobs during the pandemic to care for family, here's how it changed these women Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, Rockland/Westchester Journal News A mom's decisions about work during the pandemic Replay Video UP NEXT NEW YORK – More than 2.2 million women left the U.S. workforce since the start of the pandemic. Last fall, there were 1.6 million fewer mothers in the labor force than would be expected without COVID-19-related school closures, according to an analysis by Ernie Tedeschi, an economist at the investment banking advisory firm E...