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Describe your family of origin (the family you were born into) and explain how each member of the family balanced work or school, or both, with family responsibilities (analysis). Describe what changes could be made on the macro level that would make the balancing easier for each family member and make the family function more smoothly. Then explain what changes could be made on the macro level to help all families balance work and family responsibilities better.
(With single parent living, mom died, living with dad, dad has 2 jobs with not a lot of time to spend with his kids)
- Remember to make a list of the key concepts and their definitions. These concepts are bold within the text in the textbook As you apply the concepts put them in bold font.
Spillover- the transfer of moods, feelings, and behaviors between work and family settings.
Work-Family Conflict- Occurrence when individuals experience an incompatibility between their responsibilities as workers and their responsibilities in their families.
Work-Family Role System- Traditional uneven division of labor in which men's work role takes priority over the family role, and women, are to give priority to the family role.
Second Shift- Women's responsibilities for housework, childcare, and home management that women must do in addition to their labor in the workforce.
Emotion Work- Arlie Hochschild's term for the work that women do to keep the right feelings in relationships.
Interaction Work- The effort by women to sustain communication with their mates.
Consumption Work- A form of invisible work for women as they select goods and make purchases for the family.
Coping- The process by which individuals manage a set of demands that are perceived as excessive or experienced as stressful.
Kin Work- The work that women do to sustain the family.
Gender Strategies- Couples in relationships develop myths or versions of reality that emphasize sharing to preserve harmony and camouflage conflict.
Mommy Track- The employment of women in work positions that are less difficult but less prestigious, less lucrative, and limited in advancement potential. These positions do make it easier for women to care for their families.
Sequencing- Adjusting the timing of events over the life course by eliminating or postponing actives in one sphere, either work or family, until a later stage.
Split-Shift Parenting- When working parents share childcare, one parent takes care of the children while the other works.
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA)- Federal law provides workers in establishments with more than fifty workers the right to unpaid job-protected leave to meet family health needs.