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- Title
Family and work.
- Authors
Lewis, Virginia; Tudball, Jacqueline Tudne; Hand, Kelly
- Abstract
One aspect of the changing context in which many children live today relates to the fact that many parents will have a paid job in addition to their parenting commitments. Some of the issues worth pondering over are the experiences of children with working parents, and how children feel about the amount of time that their parents work, and the amount of time that they spend with their children. Based on research and a review of related literature, researchers argue that children's evaluations of their parents on a range of parenting skills and behaviors are not predicted by whether their parents worked or not. Further evidence that many children judged parents work hours by their direct impact on the children's own lives came from some of the children whose parents worked irregular hours. Having talked to 71 children from 47 families, it is clear that parents may gain new insights into navigating work and family if they talk to their children. Though the research cannot comment on outcomes, the research can provide a guide to the kinds of questions that parents should ask themselves, and should ask their children, when evaluating the current state of family functioning.
- Subjects
CHILDREN of working parents; PARENTING; PARENT-child relationships; FAMILIES; INTERPERSONAL relations; PARENTHOOD
- Publication
Family Matters, 2001, Issue 59, p22
- ISSN
1030-2646
- Publication type
Article