Despite challenges at home and work, most working parents say being employed is what's best for them

Roughly half of working parents say working makes it harder for them to be a good parent, and about as many say that at times they feel they can't give 100% at work. But despite these challenges, many working parents – including about 8-in-10 full-time working mothers – say their current employment situation is what's best for them at this point in their life, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Employed moms (50%) are more likely than employed dads (39%) to say being a working parent makes it harder for them to advance in their job or career.

• Among U.S. couples, women do more cooking and grocery shopping than men

The American veteran experience and the post-9/11 generation

What it means to be a military veteran in the U.S. is being shaped by a new generation of service members, one that, according to a new study from Pew Research Center, is more likely than its predecessors to have been deployed, served in combat and had difficulty with the transition to civilian life. Roughly half of post-9/11 veterans (47%) say they had emotionally traumatic or distressing experiences related to their military service, compared with 25% of veterans who served in previous eras. Further, about a third of post-9/11 veterans (36%) say, whether or not they sought professional help, they believe they suffered from post-traumatic stress.

• How veterans and non-veterans fare in the U.S. job market
• The changing profile of the U.S. military: Smaller in size, more diverse, more women in leadership

The number of people in the average U.S. household is going up for the first time in over 160 years

How Americans view gender-neutral pronouns

Incomes of less-educated households rose since Great Recession