>From the BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1998 > >Many men are caught in the "Daddy Trap," says Business Week (Sept. 21, >page 56). In the last two decades, expectations of men at home have >intensified dramatically. Dads are more involved with their families, >and in general they enjoy that heightened role. Yet their jobs haven't >adjusted. Faced with pressure to take on more child-rearing and >household chores, fathers still find themselves locked into rigid >full-time jobs. Some of the tension is workplace-inflicted. A lot is >self-imposed. The result, in either case, is conflict, guilt, and >stress. It turns out that dads are no more satisfied than moms with >their work-family balance, according to a sample of 6,328 working >parents derived from Business Week's survey of corporate work and family >programs, conducted with the Center for Work & Family at Boston College. >... Regards, Tom Walker ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/
