1. SOC200 Marriage and Family WORKSHOP 4 “ Challenges In Family Relations” Instructor: Glenn Johnson

2. Devotions & Prayer 3:1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 3:2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3:3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 3:4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God-- 3:5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them 2 Timothy 3:1-5, NIV

3. JUGGLING WORK & FAMILY 2000 Census: 59% of Children Below Age 6 Live In Household Where Both Parents Work 67% of Children Between 6-17 Live in Dual Income Household

4. JUGGLING WORK & FAMILY “ LatchKey Generation”

5. JUGGLING WORK & FAMILY HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Post WW2 It became necessary for women to work outside the home to support the work effort.

6. JUGGLING WORK & FAMILY HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 1950’s-early 1960’s A married woman with children working outside the home was pitied because it was obvious her husband could not support them.

7. JUGGLING WORK & FAMILY HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Common Structure of Marriage Traditional patriarchal to….. … Head Complement Marriage where women have a greater decision-making role

8. JUGGLING WORK & FAMILY HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 1970’s Rise in Median Family Income & Standard of Living …contributed to the movement of married women to the workplace.

10. JUGGLING WORK & FAMILY HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE First Generation of Working Women Arlie Hochschild “The Second Shift” (1989)…marriage becomes a senior-junior partnership

11. JUGGLING WORK & FAMILY HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Second Generation Working Women 1980’s…daughters whose mothers worked full time while they were being raised live in a world which is a reaction to the mom’s juggling act.

12. JUGGLING WORK & FAMILY HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Third Generation Working Women … not entirely clear how this generation will respond to the ideals of the first/second generations

13. JUGGLING WORK & FAMILY HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE CURRENTLY…… All three generations make up our culture

14. IMPACT OF DUAL CAREER FAMILIES ON CHILDREN 55% of Women With Infant Children Work Outside the Home

15. IMPACT OF DUAL CAREER FAMILIES ON CHILDREN Is Dual Income Harmful To Children?

16. IMPACT OF DUAL CAREER FAMILIES ON CHILDREN STRATEGIES FOR JUGGLING WORK & FAMILY Super Person Strategy

17. IMPACT OF DUAL CAREER FAMILIES ON CHILDREN STRATEGIES FOR JUGGLING WORK & FAMILY Delegating Responsibility Biblical Marriage? Need…. Creativity Mutual Submission Discussion

18. IMPACT OF DUAL CAREER FAMILIES ON CHILDREN STRATEGIES FOR JUGGLING WORK & FAMILY Cognitive Restructuring "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her." Luke 10:41-42, NIV

19. IMPACT OF DUAL CAREER FAMILIES ON CHILDREN STRATEGIES FOR JUGGLING WORK & FAMILY KEY Are we spending our time on things that are eternal and will endure or on the temporary?

20. IMPACT OF DUAL CAREER FAMILIES ON CHILDREN STRATEGIES FOR JUGGLING WORK & FAMILY KEY We have to go beyond POWER struggles and seek EQUITY rather than EQUALITY

21. Christian Perspective on the Use of Resources… How Much Is TOO Much? Why are we here? What are we to do with the time and resources we are given?

22. Christian Perspective on the Use of Resources… How Much Is TOO Much? Shane Claiborne http://www.thesimpleway.org/

24. CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND FAMILIES Cultural Diversity is God’s design and pleasure.

25. CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND FAMILIES Melting Pot? Or no more…..

26. CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND FAMILIES African American Families

27. CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND FAMILIES Latino Families

28. CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND FAMILIES Asian American Families

29. CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND FAMILIES Native American Families

30. CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND FAMILIES Variations in Social Class -Upper Class -Middle Class -Poverty Class

31. Overview: Handling Stress in the Family Everyone has it!