After taking this class, what main themes come to mind when you think about the work-family nexus? by Professor Pok

poverty plays a central role in work-family conflict

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The U.S is one of the countries that gives short time maternity leave than other industrialized countries.

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In this society, there is more pressure on working mothers than fathers , because apart from work , they have to be aware of things in the home and children

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Upper class families are less involved in their children's lives

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There is a time-limit for receiving Welfare.

All three social classes struggle to find affordable adequate childcare.

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low and middle income parents, and their struggles from childcare to job security. Maternity leave and childcare who should pay private companies or the federal government.

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Thinking critically about the implications of structured inequality and how it leads to social problems.

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How women who stay at home to care for the family should be recompensed for their work.

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Marriage and it's dying role in Amercian society.

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The work-family conflict and implementing the best policies for the needs of low-income families in the US.

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How current policies reinforce structured gender norms, and how that leads to policy that is not useful for all.

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The work-family conflict is relevant for families of all socio-economic levels.

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Conflicts

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All families with different socio-economic status are hurt due to the not family friendly policies in the U.S.

Policies are different across the world and European countries are more generous than the US in terms of work-family policies

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Women should not have to choose between work and family

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Poor parents cannot work in the current system

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Parents spend more time with their children as before

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Every leave offered are unpaid

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Gender inequality (why are men making more money?)

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Changing forms of what family looks like (single parents, same-sex...)

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Feminine mystique and career mystique

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Poor women have always worked, must have an open perspective on who needs change and how to change for the betterment of everyone

The United States is facing an epidemic . Unless a family has money there are few incentives to have children. School is too expensive, health care is one of the major reasons for bankruptcy, and jobs are not secure. It is hard enough to care for one's self let alone a child.

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America dont have enough work and family policies compared to other countries

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The main problems that working parents face is finding affordable childcare and finding a job with flexibility

WHAT IS A WIFE WORTH? UNPAID WORK GOES UNNOTICED.

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WOMEN ARE 'CHOOSING' TO LEAVE THE WORKPLACE SO THAT THEY CAN BE WITH THEIR OWN CHILDREN. DOES NOT APPLY TO ALL. THE WORKING CLASS HAVE MUCH MORE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES.

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Less people are getting married and are having children more later in life.

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There is gender inequality in our society because men get paid more than women even if they are doing the same job.

The lower the income , the higher the work-family conflicts that tend to arise.

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The truth about the career mystique and the feminine mystique.

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Changed meaning of the nuclear family. And the lack of change in family-work policies based on the changing family.

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Gender inequality in the work force is huge.

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Women endure a second shift.

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Lack of childcare options for the middle and lower classes.

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Intensive parenting on the rise.