More often than not, women are required to shoulder the double burden of paid work outside the home and unpaid work inside. Quality time is real. After graduating from NYU as a Journalism and Politics major, she covered breaking news and politics in New York City, and dabbled in design and entertainment journalism. Very good insight on the working family dynamic. We both work full time and try to make the most of the weekends we have with the kids.
As a result we have found our stress levels during the weeks are lower and I believe our kids are very well behaved.
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See all articles by Rajvi. In today's competitive world, many families find it necessary for both parents to go out to work. While some say the children in these families benefit from the additional income, others feel they lack support because of their parents' absence. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Nowadays, it is very common that both parents in a family go to work. This trend is not restricted in families with difficult economic situations but also in wealthier ones.
Some people believe that their children will have more benefits as both parents work, while others claim that this has negative effects on children.
My opinion is that both parents working are an inevitable trend, it has its own advantages as well as disadvantages and that parents must find a means to keep balance between it pros and cons It is undoubted that both parents working bring with it a lot of benefits not only to their children but also the whole family in general.
First, with extra salary from both parents, children can be sent to a better school which requires more school fee, they can be given a better health care service from more expensive but better hospitals, in case they need closer supports with their studying their parents can afford to hire tutors without any difficulties, etc. Obviously, there are incidental affects on children who have two parents away from the home working full or part time. While many analysts believe that earning the two incomes helps to raise families out of poverty and better enables them to provide financially for their family, others speculate that the two incomes prod families to live above their means.
Ordinarily, an increase in financial gains would equate to less stress on parents and therefore children. Not only do they have to worry about paying a ton of bills, but also they are strapped to time consuming jobs out of necessity, and are still saddled with the routine worries of raising children.
Plus, the subconscious worry of one parent losing a job , which could easily force families into bankruptcy, adds an element of stress often unseen. Financially speaking, it also takes money to work.
Some financial experts believe that money saving techniques, budgeting and money management could actually translate to one-parent households actually having more disposable income than those with two parents working. As for the children, there are also obvious disadvantages to two parent-working households. Additionally, many families with both parents working are unable to provide the time and energy necessary for their children to participate in extra curricular activities.
Not having supervision after school also leads to increased drug and alcohol abuse by minors, contributes to teenage pregnancy, and even plays a part in child obesity. Children with two parents working become ultra independent at a younger age, which although not necessarily a negative, can lead to some undesirable circumstances.
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