And how about the rest of the people without kids?

I once had a colleague who thought there were too many perks for moms. Single and in her early 50s, “H” just didn’t think it was fair that mothers got benefits that included maternity leave and other “advantages” that weren’t available to other employees.

So I posed this question to Mindy Stewart, a local businesswoman and co-founder of KidCentric, Inc. , which provides consulting and management services for businesses, government entities and nonprofits looking to address the child care needs of their employees or clients. I wrote about Stewart in today’s story, “ Work & Kids: Helping Helping new mothers manage work .”

“I talk a lot about the equitability versus equity,” said Stewart, whose goal is to show businesses how they can increase productivity and nurture company loyalty by becoming more family-friendly. “Most companies provide vision care, but not everyone wears glasses. They also offer health care, but some people don’t get sick as much … Businesses need to look at their employees as part of a life cycle. People are at different stages of that cycle at different times.”

“H” and I are still friends despite the fact that we will never agree on this issue. What do you think? Do you think companies bend over backwards for employees with children or are they not doing enough to promote work/life balance in order to increase the likelihood that these employees will stay?