How to Be a Two Career Family

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Tip 1 - How Two-Career Couples Stay Happy

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Scott Aldridge | permalink

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]

Tip 2 - 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.

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Byron Donics | permalink

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.

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]

Tip 3 - Two-Career Couples: A Delicate Balance

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Celina Pearson | permalink

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]

Tip 4 - 10 Tips from Dual-Career Couples Who Are Making It Work | The Glasshammer

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Marco Mancastroppa | permalink

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]