You will listen to a conversation between two people. They're speaking about working conditions.
Listen to the sample response. Fill in the blank with the word or phrase you hear.

MAN: So, as I was saying, things are changing. There are more for working parents, like , and so forth.

WOMAN: That's true, like in the last five years or so more people have been to work from home, and so on, which has been helping too.

MAN: Going back to what you said about , I think are now being provided free by some companies. So that will the parent working dynamic.

WOMAN: That's totally true and if parents can just bring their kids to work, I think it could make it so much easier for mothers to continue working after they complete . I think that should've been a long time ago.

MAN: But, don't get me wrong, very few companies offer this benefit. And I think the main reason is that some want to keep work and home .

WOMAN: That's a good point. So, with unpaid leave, it's great that parents can take time off without losing their jobs. This has been parents to head back to work much sooner than they should, especially mothers.

MAN: I agree, but unpaid leave means less money, and like I said families need two . Just the same I think the is for companies to offer more benefits, , etc, to and keep good employees.

WOMAN: Yes, and like you said earlier, companies now offer paternity leave, not just maternity leave. I mean, its only fair, then a father can stay home with a new baby too. This would go a long way to ensure that couples a strong , and mothers won't feel so during the first few months after .

MAN: On top of that I think companies could do more about trying to fuse the . For example, telecommuting. If more people could work from home, maybe child care wouldn't be such a problem, and mothers wouldn't feel so . I think mothers who want to continue working after childbirth should be provided that option. Telecommuting is the answer for that.

WOMAN: Exactly! As we've already pointed out with the increasing daily, unpaid family leave means less money for families, so maybe telecommuting is a better for parents. It would definitely be for me.

Question 1: How does the man say things are ?

Question 2: How does the woman about these changes?

Question 3: What is ?

Question 4: What is the with unpaid leave?

Question 5: What do companies fathers?

Question 6: What is ?

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