Woman At Work

• More than half of all married woman work, giving greater independence to women. Not a blame, but possible reason for increasing number of divorces

Families where both sexes work

• Females do 42.5 hours per week related to child care and household chores

• Males 26.7 hours

Men will agree that chores should be split even…but

Healthy adjustment in a marriage depends on three things

• couples’ need to be compatible• images of themselves coincide with each

others• agree on roles in family

External factors cause problems

• 1. unemployment• 2. poor living conditions• 3. hobbies• 4. lack of communication

Divorce

• brings new roles to person, jobs they haven’t done

• Stress on friends• “Separation Shock”

struggle to adjust

• 30% of children go through divorce by age 8

• 30% born to single mothers

• Children don’t understand why it is happening

• have no control, sometimes take blame• Act differently for attention. • AGE 12, worst time to go through divorce• Children eventually come to grips with the

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