Analysis should include
- factors that influence how families coordinate work and family responsibilities and goals
- ways work and family roles might be managed in the future.
Process/Skill Questions
Thinking
- What factors might influence work and family goals and principles?
- How do gender role expectations change on the continuum from traditional to egalitarian?
- What are the positive and negative consequences of each view?
- Why are traditional roles being reexamined by some families?
Communication
- What is the role of communication in managing work and family responsibilities?
- How can communication skills help a family who have trouble balancing work and family responsibilities?
Leadership
- What is the relationship between family members’ incomes and household responsibilities?
- How might technology help balance work and family responsibilities?
Management
- What management skills are essential for achieving and maintaining a balance of work and family roles?
- How can these management skills be learned?
- How can conflicts between work and family responsibilities be resolved?
- How might the way families manage their work and family roles change in the next 10 or 20 years?