ABSTRACT
The concern voiced most often by parents-conflict between work and familytranscends class, race, ethnicity, and family structure (Moen & Jull, 1995). Family and work conflict has been coined the “double squeeze” (Skocpol, 1997, p. 119)—a squeeze on economic resources and a simultaneous squeeze on the time and energy needed for family and community commitments (Hewlett & West, 1998). Schor (1991) explained that between 1969 and 1987, the average employed American-irrespective of income, marital status, or occupationworked an additional 163 hours annually on the job. Because time spent on domestic labor, including housework and child care, remained almost the same, this statistic means that Americans worked, on average, one extra month each year. The time that family members spent in the labor force continued to increase between 1989 and 1995 (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 1998), with the longest hours being logged in by families raising children (Moen & Yu, 1999).
