Thursday, March 09, 2006
'DADDY WARS': FATHERS STRIKE BACK
Jen Brown reports that more fathers are now experiencing conflict regarding balancing work and family than women. In 2002, the Families and Work Institute reported that while women felt about the same level of frustration when it came to balancing work and life over the last 25 years, men's frustration sharply rose -- from 34 percent of men in dual-earning couples reporting a conflict in 1977 to 54 percent in 2002. The institute also found that Generation X fathers spent significantly more time with their children than baby-boomer dads, and that overall, the amount of time men spent with their children each workday had increased by 1.2 hours since 1977 while the amount women spent with their children had remained the same.
Given that Generation X fathers seem to be more involved and more connected with their children than their fathers were, one would think that a father winning custody in a disputed case would no longer be such a rare occurance.
Jen Brown reports that more fathers are now experiencing conflict regarding balancing work and family than women. In 2002, the Families and Work Institute reported that while women felt about the same level of frustration when it came to balancing work and life over the last 25 years, men's frustration sharply rose -- from 34 percent of men in dual-earning couples reporting a conflict in 1977 to 54 percent in 2002. The institute also found that Generation X fathers spent significantly more time with their children than baby-boomer dads, and that overall, the amount of time men spent with their children each workday had increased by 1.2 hours since 1977 while the amount women spent with their children had remained the same.
Given that Generation X fathers seem to be more involved and more connected with their children than their fathers were, one would think that a father winning custody in a disputed case would no longer be such a rare occurance.
