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- compare and contrast to yourself and family. Summarize the chapter. Share your experiences. Must be three (3) full pages, double space, regular font and margins. Cite the book as your source and any other sources. Put in your own words; however, one and two sentence can be quoted from your source (s). Zero points for a lot of quotes. The questions are at the end of the Chapter Titled: Questions for Review and Reflection. Select a question, post the question and your answer Rubric: 60-80 points = Followed directions with no or very few errors, 1-59 point(s) – partially followed directions plus errors and 0-points – did not follow directions. There are no partial points, this is one complete assignment.
Question: What work-family conflicts do you see around you? interview some married or single-parent friends of yours for concrete examples and for some suggestions for resolving such conflicts.
The answer to this should be at least 6 sentences.
Please do not use difficult vocabulary, keep it simple.
Please use the book, the book is where the summary should be and the answer to the question as well.
The book is Marriage, Families, and relationships making choices in a diverse society by Mary Ann Lamann, Agnes Riedmann, Susan Stewart. 13 edition
13th Edition chapter 10: Work and Family
I am not sure what chapter is on the 11th edition.
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Running head: WORK AND FAMILY
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Work and Family
Summary Chapter 10
Traditionally, in marriage, the man was the provider, and the woman’s role was to take
care of the children and the entire home. Most of the women were housewives and men were the
only family members that worked. However, with the rise in the cost of living, such
arrangements in the family have changed, and the wives too work and earn a living. They also
offer financial contribution where they share the expenses. In a few cases, especially where the
man has lost his job, the woman work and take care of the expenses while the man stays at home
and takes care of the kids and house chores. Most high-class families have abandoned the
traditional practices and embraced a more civilized way of living where for a man to stay home
or a woman to work and provide for the family is a non-issue.
However, men and women still believe that unpaid work belongs to women. Therefore,
women perform the paid work and the unpaid one. The paid work is not structured in a way to
accommodate household chores, and women will tend to look for part-time jobs to get time for
the family and for doing the housework. Most men work full time and earn good salaries. Most
companies will offer highly paid jobs and those that require more involvement to the men
because they know men do not have more responsibilities as women do. They are also likely to
give much of their time to the work as compared to women.
Currently, due to the high cost of living and the fact that the number of women who are
highly educated, qualified and skilled is on the increase, in heterosexual families, men and
women have equal working hours for paid and unpaid tasks meaning that they spend an equal
amount of time at work and home performing the unpaid tasks. They also share the expenses
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such as bills, mortgage and cost of food equally. Employment, household work as well as
childcare have become a pressure for families with most of them opting not to get children or
delaying, to earn enough savings to avoid financial stress when one quits employment to take
care of kids. Alternatively, social policy has to be implemented to help change the work structure
to support working families who decide to get and bring up children such as paid paternal and
maternal leave. Such a policy will ensure that the couples balance between paid work,
housework and childcare.
Most working mothers leave the responsibility of bringi...
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