Two-Career Family Versus One-Career Family

Chief amongst these are that families have two goals: in raising children and establishing solid and stable adult relationships (Parsons and Bales 1955). The way families achieved these goals was by establishing specific roles for each member of the family, specifically the two parents. This structure, with a man in the workforce and woman at home, was very prevalent in the 1950s. In 1960, according to Phillip Cohen (2014), 65 percent of children lived in homes with married parents where only the father was employed. At this point, with a majority of children living in such situations, it seemed valid to define families using these households. However, this household structure quickly fell out of prominence: by 2012, only 22 percent of children lived in such homes. The most common household type — 34 percent — involved married parents where both adults worked. With families now being arranged in such varied ways, it is more difficult to generalize about family structures as you and Bales do, Dr. Parsons (Cohen 2014: 2-3).

If economical factors such as money was no problem, everyone would wish to pursue their dreams and desires. I would either wish to indulge in a life of simply existing contently, or pursue my fervent, egotistical, and narcissistic wish to rule the world. But such are merely fanciful fantasies, and the responsibilities, limitations, and desires of reality, such as skill, income, and influence from internal and external factors such as family, determines our choice between income, emotional satisfaction, and skill compatibility. Simply put, based on our skill set, and our interests, we try to choose a profession that allows us to goals of whatever degree or term, depending on our aptitude and attitude for and toward work. The profession we choose is also often a product of influence from our romantic fantasies, the demands of society, and the suggestion and information available in our surrounding environment, such as teachers and counsellors. And often, our professional dreams, and goals, may or may not differ from our personal dreams and goals, and our profession, at least for me, is the means to the ends of my

The biggest challenge for many of us is how to balance our studies, work and family demands. While we want happy fulfilling lives outside of family, work and school, we have to make personal sacrifices in order to be successful in life. Since time is precious, keeping a balance between three worlds can be a challenge. Fortunately, with proper planning, balance is possible. Every day, I have to make choices and manage my time incredibly well in order to be able to balance my online studies, my work and family demands. In my opinion family demands, work and studies balance are a process, not a static achievement. So, it is important to make the decisions selecting careers

Career genograms are used to gain a graphic picture of the client’s career heritage. Through genograms clients are able to identify what their family members have done in the past, and themes evident among genders and other factors. Career genograms can also be used to identify roles, behaviors and attitudes of family members about work or careers. In addition, family pressures, standards, and expectations can also be made evident through career genograms.

This is a summary of career counseling sessions with a client, by the name of Ellen N., she is currently employed but is considering switching employers. Ellen and I completed various assessments to assist with providing her options for future employment. The assessments utilized were Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Holland Codes, Kuder Career Assessment. Ultimately, determining that this clients’ case would be best served by using the Attachment Theory and the Family System theory in order to assist with making the most effective career choice for this client.

A brief background overview on a few career development theories will help direct this literature review and give a foundation to current theories in career development. Career development is a complex, lifelong process that is influenced by a variety of factors. Niles and Harris-Bowlsbey (2005) defined career development as “the lifelong psychological and behavioral processes as well as contextual influences shaping one’s career over the life span” (p. 12). Although there are many career development theories, this literature review will focus on just a few. Donald Super’s Life-Span, Life-Space Career Theory highlights the “complex and multifaceted nature of career development” (Niles & Hutchinson, 2009, p. 69). Super’s theory builds upon 14 assumptions and supports three key aspects of career development: life-span, life-space, and self-concept (Niles & Hutchinson, 2009). Life-span focuses on the development over one’s life through growth, exploration, establishment, maintenance, and

In the beginning, career counseling was strictly developed to help with job placement, but it became so much more than that after the career development was further researched by a group of theorist that focused on career process. What is it that drives us to choose a specific career path? According to Zunker (2012), different theorists such as Parsons, Holland, Krumboltz, Bandura, Super, and Gottfredson all developed theories on career development and their perspective on the importance of occupational process. Throughout this paper one will discuss the John Holland’s Typology and the significance of this particular career theory. Some of the points that will be covered in this paper include: history of theory, strengths and weaknesses, assessments used, population best fit for this theory, and diversity and

b) Career counsellors have primarily been using relational theories in order to best support dual-income families and clients. Relational theories originated in feminist theory and strive to create more inclusive practices for all genders (Evans et al., 2013). Relational theories have been used successfully and believe that “one’s deepest connections with others can no longer be ignored or extracted from the career development and the counselling process” (Schultheiss, 2003). They provide a holistic view of the client relative to their supports and other members of their lives. This applies to issues of gender roles as there are two individuals that need to work through the challenges that come from being a dual-income family or adopting non-traditional roles. Theories such as Phillips relational model of self-directedness and actions of others, and Schultheiss relationships in career exploration suggest that the input of others

According to Mondy and Noe (2005), career is a job that has been chosen to be accomplished during one’s working life. Career is the progress and actions of the person’s occupations or sequence of jobs held by someone throughout a lifetime which is until that person end up the careers. Most of the situations, people do not just referring to one position only but often looking for another jobs which composed of the jobs held, titles earned and work accomplished over a long period of time. There is an increasing trend to employees changing jobs more frequently, while employees in some cultures and economies stay with one job during their career. For example, an individual's career could involve being an engineer, though the

During their study regarding career decisions of university students, Özlen, and Arnaut (2013) found that family environment, parental influence, and parental career choice had a strong impact on career decisions. Additionally, this information can be utilized to a variety of situations that address different cultural norms or socio-economic statuses. Currently, I spend way too much money on automobile repairs, because my father, who is a mechanic, refused to teach me how to work on cars. He wanted something different for me, and it had a direct effect on me not entering mechanical fields for a variety of reasons. This same philosophy could be explored with youth exposed to unacceptable forms of gaining income, as a means of survival in difficult life circumstances. Capuzzi (2017) mentioned the need for counselors to “broaden the scope” of career possibilities for individuals (26:00), which could include sharing positive stories in similar circumstances as a means of empowerment and

Dual career couple is when both partners are trying to achieve careers or have one. Having career driving can affect the children and the overall of the household. For example, if both parents have high demanding jobs with long hours, who will take care of the children and housed chores. Another example of the conflict that having parents that are career driving, what happens when one parents gets offered a job at another

There would be no opportunity for someone to pursue a career out of passion due to them being restricted to working in the field that they are most practiced. This is where the negative arguments against specialization in society may be derived. The options of the men and women living in the community are limited, and so are the options of the children. Due to the way of life, the children will most certainly follow in their parents path as a career.12 Each family has what it needs to survive thanks to the communities combined efforts. In the same way that classes are dependent upon each other, families are too. In such a lifestyle without any luxuries, the families are made to rely on each other for company and enjoyment. On a personal level the principle of specialization seems to dull the way one would spend a lifetime, simply spending each day by doing the same things as the rest without much variation in any aspect of life. However, with specialization the current community as a whole is as productive, efficient and unified as possible.

Juggling a career and family can be tedious sometimes. Whether you are the head of the household or a stay at home parent. Juggling family with anything is tedious and sometimes stressful. If you have multiple children, you have to tend to everyone’s wants and needs as well as your spouse. Do not forget about yourself. Some people forget to take care of themselves when juggling family and a career. I am going to write about different strategies to juggling a career and family at once.

There are many things that can differ when talking about a two-career and a one-career family. One is time a parent and a child spend together. Things that are very important when raising a child is time spent with the child and giving the child free time for entertaining activities. This is very easy to accomplish in a one-career household due to the one stay at home parent. With this, the child lives a more diverse life, which is what every parent wants in their kid. The child that is attended to at a young age will often be lead to treating their own children the same way.

Mothers are very passionate about their choice to work or stay at home with their children. This is a heated debate about what is best for children and who is the better mother. Just in the last generation more mothers are choosing to work, which is also sparking some conflict in families where grandparents felt it was important to stay at home with their children. This paper compares and contrasts both sides of working and being a stay at home mother. While there is no right or wrong answer to the work and family dilemma, it’s important to understand both sides.