In 1950, Erik Erikson expanded on Freud’s definition of health as the ability “to love and to work” :

Does the high work commitment of the dual-career spouse impede the ability to be “a genital and loving being”? How do the work lives of the dual-career spouses affect the intimacy of their family lives? This chapter focuses on how dual careers influence the two relationships that lie at the heart of family life: relationships with children and the relationship between spouses.