"11 Tips to Help Dads Balance Work and Family." HR Specialist: Compensation & Benefits 6.8. 2011. 1-2. Web.
The HR; Specialist is a legit article that releases things about new topics every month. This issue of the HR: Specialist, which was released in August 2011, discusses topics such as health plans, new news statistics, teleworking, and how dads can balance work and family. The sections on how dads can balance work and family give the reader techniques and tips on the different ways dads can try to level out with their job and family life. These tips include: asking the boss for a more flexible schedule, make sure that your job is safe (not laying off workers …show more content…
In this article, he compares and contrasts men and women’s relationship with their children whether they are in or out of the workforce. He also discusses the traditions gender roles of parents in the workforce and how it has changed in the recent years. Tucker also provides statistics and facts relating to a recent study conducted by Robert Frank, a professor of child development at Oakton Community College in Illinois and the U.S Census Bureau. These two sources provided Tucker with information about how men and women compare and differ in the workforce and …show more content…
One statistic that I want to use in my argument is the there are less than 100,000 stay at home dads in the United States. This will contribute to the fact that more men are focusing on family more than careers in recent times. This will also give the reader an estimated number of how many stay at home dads there are in the United States. I also plan to use the fact that stay-at-home dads have more-lasting bonds with children than working dads. This fact will be a positive effect of men taking on the role of the stay-at-home parent.
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