The balancing act juggling family and work

The Balancing Act: Juggling Family Life and Work

  1. Couples today struggle to find a balance between work, family, and their marital relationship. Often it is difficult to keep stress from one environment from spilling over into the other environment. As a result of the complex work-family issues, couples experience a variety if types of role conflict.
  • Discuss the four types of inter-role conflict couples experience.
  • Discuss the benefits and limitations of one parent staying at home.
  • Discuss how couples can achieve balance at home with housework and childcare when both are working.

 

You must justify your positions using current scholarly, peer-reviewed research.

CHFD 340 Paper Requirements Checklist

  • Please be sure your paper is at least 1200 words, 12 point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, with a 1 inch margins on all sides.
  • Please use APA format for citations and references
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  • The text books for this class
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