The Work-Family Balance

The fall 2011 issue of The Future of Children, Work and Family, focuses on the tensions many parents experience when juggling a career and family. Overall, the journal issue suggests expanding workplace and time flexibility; making work-family policies more equitable across the income scale; and increasing the role of child caretakers in the community tohelp relieve pressures on family caregivers.

See the table of contents for the Work and Family issue >>

In California, parents of children with special health care needs experience particular work-life tensions. In fact, 24% of children with special health care needs had parents who cut back or stop working to care for their child, according to a federal survey, and that percentage grows to 45% if the family has public insurance.

See more data about the impact of children with special health care needs on families>>

Among all parents, family structure contributes to parents’ feelings of having adequate time for their families, an issue related to work-life balance. According to our foundation’s 2010 Parent Survey, 18% of California children have parents who report feeling they do not have enough time with their families; that percentage is higher for children in single-parent families (25%).

Posted by Stacey Angeles

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