How Working Moms And Dads

This could be one of the reasons accounting for 71.6 per cent of all part-time employees being women, 54.7 per cent as casual employees, and only 36.7 per cent of all full-time employees (ABS, 2015). In one study amongst married heterosexual parents working full-time in America, the division of household labour showed that mothers were mostly responsible for scheduling children’s activities while fathers were mostly responsible for discipline, play time, and household chores (Pew Research Centre, 2015, p. 2). This labour is entirely placed upon 83 per cent of single parents with dependent children which are mothers; with only 56 per cent of that group being employed (ABS, 2015, para. 3). In 2016, women working full-time earned an average of 16.2 per cent less than men (ABS, 2016). Connecting these statistics, it can be proposed that single parenthood pushes women into poverty as they are unlikely to work enough hours each week to afford placing children in day-care centres. Before the Child Care Benefit and the Child Care Rebate, day care costs between $70-200 per day (Elliot, 2017, para. 4). Whether single mothers are working or taking care of their children, they financially suffer either way. Additionally, single older women also suffer housing crisis as they are less likely to have been the owners of their residence throughout their life leaving them less likely to be granted housing (Darab & Harmann, 2013). Homelessness amongst

Men and women also have different opinions and reactions to leaving the house for work, Dorment says. Men today want to be better fathers than men in previous generations, men still feel like they have to provide for the family, even if they have wives that bring in forty-five percent of the family income (Dorment 709). This is why men feel as though they can work long hours away from home. They feel as though they are sacrificing time with their kids to provide for the family (even though they may still miss their kids). Women, Dorment points out, have a different reaction to leaving their kids to go to work. They feel guilty and experience

Parents work extremely hard to make an income for their children so that they can have a good life and acquire the things they want. It is confusing, however, when parents spend more time at their jobs than they do with their kids, one wonders what the point is. The article Double Daddy delves into how employed fathers want to be with their children, instead of just working to make money for them. The author addresses an important concept, that “the next step has to be a shift in the workplace mentality that says it’s OK for a woman to take time off...but it’s not OK for a dad to do the same thing” (Parker 22). In my own family, my dad decided to embrace this new concept of fathers at home, while

Fathers today spend more time taking care of their children compared to previous generations. Even with these gains, today's mothers devote almost double the time that fathers do for child care.[2] While every situation is different, in most families there

In our society, we carry an ideological assumption that a “normal” family consists of the man working to provide for the family and the women takes on the role of stay-at-home mom (Dow 1992).

Well, my parents went to work every day to provide for my brother and I and we had everything we ever needed. We lived in a nice house, had a dog, and I never went without. I was able to dream about the future and the possibilities that were out there for me to seize. With that being said the first topic I would like to discuss with you is the issue of childrearing. If you look at the US over the last 50-100 years within the scope of childrearing you will find a common theme. The “normal” house consists of a father who leaves every day to go to work and provide for the family and a mother who stays home to take care of the children and the house. This has been a standard of living in the US for a very long time. A recent article published by the Pew Research Center states: “While most stay-at-home parents are mothers, fathers represent a growing share of all at-home parents – 16% in 2012, up from 10% in 1989. Roughly a quarter of these stay-at-home fathers (23%) report that they are home mainly because they cannot find a job. Nearly as many (21%) say the main reason they are home is to care for their home or family. This represents a fourfold increase from 1989, when only 5% of stay-at-home fathers said they were home primarily to care for family” (Livingston 2014). This is interesting in many ways. Less than thirty years ago the number of stay at home dads was drastically lower. One might say that the only reason that these dads are staying home is because they cannot find work outside the home. The statistics disprove this theory. While it is true that some have suffered from a shaky economy, many are home because they choose to be. 23 percent say that they are home due to the fact that they cannot find work. 21 percent are home by their own choosing. This is hard to understand for most people. Globally it is accepted that the place of the man should be

Within a household, women and men, mothers and fathers, have different roles and responsibilities, much of which are based on the person’s gender. Typically, women or mothers are “responsible for the emotional, social, and physical well-being of her family” (Lober 80), “most of the hands-on family work” (Lorber 81), and keep up of the house. The men or fathers are usually seen as the “bread winners” of the family. Due to this and the work they do outside of the house, men usually have little to no responsibilities to the family and within the home. It is not unusual for women to clean the house, make sure the children are well taken care of, and cook while the man, or father, is at work. When he gets back home, after work, it is expected for him to relax and unwind. Although they are a couple with similar obligations, the divide of them is not equally distributed among the two and offer either one different results.

Some people may not get to see their family as often as they want to because of the struggle to balance both family and work. These articles, “Double Daddy” by Penny Parkers, “Diary of a Mad Blender: A Week of Managing Every Spare Minute” by Sue Shellenbarger, and “The Child’s view of Working Parents” by Cora Daniels and Ellen Galinksy, are all based on facts about balancing work and family. Balancing responsibilities, goals, and a personal life is a struggle for many people, but the most important priorities in life, such as family, should not be neglected. Work time can get in the way of family time. In Penny Parkers article, “Double Daddy”, she writes, “These men are saying, ‘I’m working my tail off to get ahead, for the most

It is a better situation for everyone if the husband earns the money and the wife is at home cooking, cleaning, shopping and caring for the children as she waits for her husband to come home each day. Now that your attention is on this analysis of gender roles and before any blood is spilled, that statement was the expectation of family life until World War II. Men held the sole responsibility for providing the income for a family prior to the war. Men left as soldiers fighting a war and came home to a new world of changes they could not have ever thought possible. Women took jobs normally reserved for men which set the wheels in motion for equality in the workplace. When women found their place in the workforce our society has been changing fast over the years since WWII, male gender roles of the past became outdated and many say are changing for the better. The gender role changes in the way a family was defined created a whole new era for men to search who they were expected to be, but change has not come easy.

This meant that mothers not only took care of the chores but the upbring of their children. Since most mothers work nowadays, the household responsibilities must be shared to both of the parents. However they don’t always shared the responsibility equally. Nowadays , mothers are breadwinners while fathers can be stay at home dads. Most mothers has a higher paying job and the husband probably had a job that wasn't worth it. Some fathers choose their family over their jobs. In some cases, the job that the father was working at wasn't letting him have any family time. In the opinion of Joan Williams expressed that stay at home dads are usually sneered and frowned upon by society than stay at home mothers. Williams also reported that giving parental leave to women however denying to men is illegal (Williams). Also he finds that men who ask for flexible schedule is courageous

Arne Ken is a distinguished professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina. Eileen Appelbaum is a senior economist at the center of economics and Policy Research, and is a an awarded author. In this case study, they analyze the high commitment that comes with being a full-time working parent. It’s critical for full-time working parents to be organized and follow routines that accommodate for their busy schedules both in and outside of work. Organizational practices like making lists or planning out schedules ahead of time are usually inherited by people who work in highly organizational jobs themselves. Also, parents have to keep their time in mind when scheduling activities or doctor’s appointments and other events because of how tedious and strict their schedules already are to begin with. Parents working only part time or in highly-skilled professions don’t have to deal with these kinds of problems as often because it’s easier for them to ask for a day off or leave during their shift. Ken, Appelbaum, and Berg all have degrees in social sciences and supported their argument and conclusion with evidence from the case study they performed themselves. Such a study with little room for error due to its precise yield and careful practice leaves little room in general for a bias that may have risked the accuracy of the results. This source is quite different from the ones I have found before because it analyses specifically the necessity of organization and planning ahead that full-time working parents have to master. Because this source brings in a totally new perspective to the balance of work and play, it would strengthen my argument and its legitimacy

According to “The Role of the father:Past, Present, and the Future” , “Industrialization in the 19th century changed the father's role, however. ‘The new economic structure separated the home and the work place, which led to a new fatherly ideal,’ said Morantz-Sanchez. ‘The men became the breadwinners, and the women stayed at home. This took childrearing out of the traditional male role.’” However from this stereotypical role, “ ‘The role of the father has changed again in this past century, as economic demands have pulled the mother into the workplace.’ According to Morantz-Sanchez, the family is moving towards a more democratic partnership, a move that took place largely in the last third of the 20th century. ‘A lot of this was stimulated by the feminist movement, which critiqued the absentee father and the obligations of the breadwinner for overburdening both the mother and the father.’” Motherhood today still follows the same ideals but with a lesser focus on domesticity.

In both families, the father works more than the mother. Therefore, this explains how many hours both genders have in their leisure time. I learned in both my subjects that gender plays a big role in each of these question. According to the book and my interview subject, I understand that Empty Nesters have more fee time on there hands. But, my father still works more than Trisha, which shows that it’s the stereotypical gender roles are still relevant in todays society. The book was not correct according to my interview subject in the way that usually around middle age you retire. Both of my subjects are not retired nor is there significant other retired, and they are both at the end of spectrum of middle

My beliefs and view on the gender ideology towards work and family is more weighed on one side (Masculine) and partly on the other (Feminine). It is evident that the ‘Masculine’ gender is more dominant in our society and because of this; there is more expectation and responsibility for the masculine gender. However, there is a continual inclusion trend in which we are witnessing the feminine gender assume some roles of the masculine gender. But overall, the masculine effect is still dominant. I personally feel that there should be a good balance of work and family responsibility by the men. It is necessary that the ‘Men’ are mostly responsible for taking the role of the breadwinner of the family therefore, the working hours of the men would have to be met as required by the employer. For example, working 40 hours a week is the minimum in the US but varies in some other places. In a case whereby the man has to take an overtime shift just to meet the needs of the family.

    Bianchi provides data showing the amount of hours women and men spend doing housework and childcare and the data shows women spend more time doing those tasks. In the 1990’s studies show men were not willing to do housework and childcare, leaving the women to do it instead, which only caused the gender inequality to rise. However, in 2010 the study shows that the housework has become a little more equal among men and women. Now women are working outside the homes now and not staying home. Not only has the amount of hours of housework changed, but the amount of hours fathers spend tending to child care has increased about two hours in 1975 to about seven hours in 2010. As society and culture changes family size decreases.