Stressed, Tired, Rushed: A

Portrait of the Modern Family

• This article was published on Nov. 5, 2015, Section A, Page 3 of the New York
edition.

• It was written by Claire Cain Miller, who is a correspondent that usually writes
about gender and families.

• The NEW YORK TIMES is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

• It was founded in 1815.

 Stressed, Tired, Rushed: A
Portrait of the Modern Family
The article talks about how modern families find it difficult to balance life, family and work.

Nowadays, both parents work and they spend little time with their children.

Working parents say they feel stressed, tired, rushed and short on quality time with their
children, friends, partners or hobbies, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
WHY IS IT A PROBLEM?
 Who does the majority of the child care?
Women or men?

• In most cases, women still do the majority of the child care and
housework — particularly managing the mental checklists of
children’s schedules and needs.

• Men, anyway, are doing much more work than their fathers. That’s
why it feels like they are doing a lot. However, men still have
difficulties when they try to take “ parental leave”. It is usually
accepted that women only need that.
 GENDER LEVEL OF EDUCATION

“I SPEND TOO LITTLE TIME WITH MY “I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BALANCE JOB AND
CHILDREN” FAMILY”

30
49

65
50

FULL- TIME WORKING MOTHERS FULL- TIME WORKING FATHERS PARENTS WITH COLLEGE DEGREES NONGRADUATES
 PARENTS WORKING OR AT HOME?
50

45

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

0
1970 2015

BOTH PARENTS WORKING FULL TIME MOTHERS STAYING AT HOME

 The median household income for a family

INCOME

$0.00 $20.00 $40.00 $60.00 $80.00 $100.00 $120.00

MOTHERS STAYING AT HOME MOTHERS WORKING PART TIME BOTH PARENTS WORKING FULL TIME
“Being a parent made it harder to
advance in my career”

20

50

WORKING MOTHERS WORKING FATHERS

 The data are the latest to show that while family
structure seems to have permanently changed,
public policy, workplace structure and mores have
not seemed to adjust to a norm in which both parents
work