- Why would economics (working for pay) have a great impact on a marriage?
- Discuss strategies to juggle career and family. What other strategies would you
suggest, in addition to those discussed in this chapter? - Use the Bible to discuss a Christian strategy to juggle career and family.
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of dual-income families.
Books:
Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed Americaby Charlotte S. Waisman
and Jill S. Tietjen. (Collins, 2008)
Movies:
Baby Boom,(PG). DVD .Comedy about a female executive who unexpectedly becomes
a mom and tries to integrate the roles.
Waging a Living,(NR).Docudrama which looks at America’s working poor.
Websites:
- News stories from ABC—Can working mothers have it all?http://www.abcnews.go.com/
2020/LifeStages/story?id=2641588&page=1 (accessed June 23, 2009) - Working Moms: Help!http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2649809
(accessed June 23, 2009) - What to look for in a daycareby American Academy of family physicians:
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/children/parents/infants/030.html
Resources
Questions for Thought
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