How to Be a Two Career Family

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How Two-Career Couples Stay Happy More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Scott Aldridge | permalink
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How to make a relationship work when you both have careers.

For further reading: https://hbr.org/2012/07/how-two-career-couples-stay-ha ^[1]

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2-Career Family Dilemma: Balancing Work and Home : Poll: A substantial number would quit work and stay home with their children if they had the opportunity. More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Byron Donics | permalink
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Haunted by anxiety about spending too little time with their children, nearly 40% of fathers and 80% of mothers in Los Angeles and Orange counties say they would quit their jobs, if they could, to...
Tags: child care, child development, families, parents, working mothers, careers, lifestyles, quality of life

For further reading: http://articles.latimes.com/1990-08-12/news/mn-1015_1_work-career ^[2]

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Two-Career Couples: A Delicate Balance More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Celina Pearson | permalink
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LEAD: SANDRA BERNSTEIN, like millions of others in dual-career marriages, engages in the daily high-wire act of balancing work and family responsibilities. But unlike most of them, she is able to pinpoint the moment when she nearly slipped off the wire.
Tags: FAMILIES AND FAMILY LIFE

For further reading: http://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/03/garden/two-career-couples-a-delicate-balance.html ^[3]

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10 Tips from Dual-Career Couples Who Are Making It Work | The Glasshammer More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Marco Mancastroppa | permalink
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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) In 1970, 30 percent of children under the age of six had both parents working outside of the home. According to Catalyst, the amount of dual-earner marriages is now closer to 80 percent and that number is only expected to increase as more families seek out greater economic security. We’ve... Read More

For further reading: http://theglasshammer.com/2011/10/25/10-tips-from-two-dual-career-couples-who-are-making-it-work/ ^[4]

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1. https://hbr.org/2012/07/how-two-career-couples-stay-ha

2. http://articles.latimes.com/1990-08-12/news/mn-1015_1_work-career

3. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/03/garden/two-career-couples-a-delicate-balance.html

4. http://theglasshammer.com/2011/10/25/10-tips-from-two-dual-career-couples-who-are-making-it-work/