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Five Questions New Working Parents Should Ask Themselves
by Jackie Coleman and John Coleman
Quick Takes
- What does each parent actually want?
- What are the financial needs and constraints?
- What roles will each person play?
- Who’s losing when?
- How can we stay close to each other?
The demands of both work and parenting are rising. Those employed in full-time work are often working more, but they are also parenting more. Researchers at UC Irvine found that parents in 11 countries spend nearly twice as much time with their kids as they did 50 years ago, with moms spending almost an hour more each day than in 1965 and dads spending nearly an hour each day with kids (as compared with 15 minutes in 1965).1 Pew has found that dads now see parenting ...
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