What is your preferred method of balancing paid work with housework and child care? That is, how do you envision your future family?

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The idea is that you participate in and contribute to this forum, learning to understand your work as part of a broader community.

In the Module Work and Families – lecture and also reading (35)Gerson – you learned about the second shift and the dynamics of paid work and housework and child care.

For this Discussion Post, please answer the following:
What is your preferred method of balancing paid work with housework and child care? That is, how do you envision your future family? Do you want to have a spouse/partner? Do you want to have a child(ren)? Do you want to have a paid job? In whatever situation you hope to be in, how would you like to balance these responsibilities? Do you think your preference is attainable? That is, do you think you can have what you want? Why or why not? Your Discussion Post should be minimum 300 words.

Everyone is expected to take an active part in the class discussion by posting comments related to other students’ posts. Please write a minimum of 150 words each providing constructive and thoughtful feedback to two of your colleagues’ posts.