PowerPoint presentation for a 2 hour webinar on fathers, work and family life where presenters highlight the pressures faced by today’s working father, who are still expected to work hard to succeed in their careers while also being far more involved as parents than dads of previous generations. The presentation covers work-family struggles unique to military fathers. Several strategies dads can use to be more efficient and effective in both roles is also addressed in the presentation. In addition, the presentation explore ways dads can consciously think through their priorities. Finally, presenters discuss ways to help support dads as they cope with work-family conflict.
May 29-Fathers, Work and Family Life MFLN Family Development webinar presentation
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
and the Office of Family Policy, Children and Youth, U.S. Department of Defense under Award Numbers 2010-48869-20685 and 2012-48755-20306.
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6. Today’s Presenters:
Dr. Scott Behson Dr. Scott Behson is a Professor
of Management at the Silberman College of
Business at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where
he teaches, conducts research, and provides
consulting services in work-family balance and
workplace flexibility. He earned a Ph.D. from the
University at Albany, State University of New York
and a B.S. from Cornell University. He has
published over 17 academic journal publications,
presented over 40 times at prestigious national and
international conferences, won seven research and
teaching awards, and was named a Who’s Who in
Work-Family Research by the Sloan Work-Family
Research Network. Behson also runs the popular
blog, Fathers, Work and Family, dedicated to
supporting work-family balance for fathers. His
writing has appeared at the Harvard Business
Review, Time, the Wall Street Journal, Huffington
Post and Good Men Project, and he has appeared
on CBS This Morning, NPR Morning Edition, and
HuffPost Live.
Tim Red is the Senior Program Military
Consultant for the National Fatherhood
Initiative (NFI). He joined NFI after serving 30
years in the military with the last twenty in an
Active Duty status. He served as the State
Family Program Director for the Texas
National Guard for four years. He also was
mobilized and then deployed overseas in
support of the Kosovo Peacekeeping mission
for seventeen months. Currently, he works
with Military Family Programs to help them
understand the importance of reaching out to
fathers and how to best do that.
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7. Fathers,Work
and Family:
The Challenges for Today’s
Dads and How We Can
Respond
Scott Behson, PhD
Fairleigh Dickinson University
As part of a webinar for
The Department of Defense
8. Today’s Dads Pulled in Many
Directions
— Provider/Caretaker
— Husband/Partner
— Father/Dad
— Own Career/Spouse’s
— Face a different set of expectations than
their own dads
— “Funhouse mirror” version of working
women’s dilemma
9. Today’s Generation of Fathers
— Tripled time spent with children/on childcare
— Doubled housework
— Aspire to more egalitarian households
BUT
— Same # of work hours
— Similar career ambitions
— Less financial/job security
— Sole/primary provider in 85% of dual-parent
households
— Social (and self) pressure to be providers
— Workplaces that expect “all in” commitment
10. No Wonder That…
— Over 60% of dads report significant work-
life conflict and stress (higher than moms!)
11. Challenges At Work
— Men face barriers at work as they
expand family involvement
◦ Supervisors
◦ Coworkers
◦ Organizational Cultures
◦ Increased Time Demands
— Still expected to be primary
provider and “all-in” for career
◦ Extra flexibility stigma for men
◦ 90% desire paternity leave, almost
none take it
◦ Many must hide family priorities
12. How I Counsel Non-Military Dads
— Examine own priorities
— Discuss these with spouse and others
— Calibrate career and family accordingly
— Financial simplification
— Assess your work situation
— Time management and prioritization
— Negotiate for increased work flexibility
— Protect family time from creeping demands of work
— Be present during family time
— Take some “me time” for recharging
— Build informal support network of peer dads
13. How I Counsel Non-Military
Organizations
— Increase time/place flexibility when possible
— Redesign work for teams and redundancy
— Proper use of technology for flexibility
— Reduce excessive work expectations
— Time management and prioritization
— Space for part-time, informal and ad-hoc
solutions
— Supervisor and leadership support for balanced
culture
— Long-term approach to employees
14. Military Dads
— Stressful work
— A “calling” for many, with strong career/
personal identity
— Forced travel/time away from family
— Less freedom to go against supervisor,
rules, culture or system
— Male-dominated workforce
— Often a “macho” culture
— Financial pressures
— Chronic overwork
Stress, divorce levels much higher for military
families
— http://www.rand.org/news/press/2013/09/03.html
15. How can we help military dads?
1.Awareness that other dads feel the
same pressures
— Formal and informal peer support
— Role-modeling by leaders
The goal: Make it more ok and normal
to talk about concerns and struggles
16. How can we help military dads?
2. Reduce chronic overwork
— More regular hours
— Schedules well in advance
— Keep people unplugged from work after hours
— Make them use all available vacation time
— Use it or lose it sick/personal days
The goal: Reduce stress and allow time
for life
17. How can we help?
3. Smart use of technology
— Ways to work more flexibly? Time/place?
— Stay connected to loved ones while away
The goal: maintain family connections
and enhance communication
20. Today’s Presenters:
Dr. Scott Behson Dr. Scott Behson is a Professor
of Management at the Silberman College of
Business at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where
he teaches, conducts research, and provides
consulting services in work-family balance and
workplace flexibility. He earned a Ph.D. from the
University at Albany, State University of New York
and a B.S. from Cornell University. He has
published over 17 academic journal publications,
presented over 40 times at prestigious national and
international conferences, won seven research and
teaching awards, and was named a Who’s Who in
Work-Family Research by the Sloan Work-Family
Research Network. Behson also runs the popular
blog, Fathers, Work and Family, dedicated to
supporting work-family balance for fathers. His
writing has appeared at the Harvard Business
Review, Time, the Wall Street Journal, Huffington
Post and Good Men Project, and he has appeared
on CBS This Morning, NPR Morning Edition, and
HuffPost Live.
Tim Red is the Senior Program Military
Consultant for the National Fatherhood
Initiative (NFI). He joined NFI after serving 30
years in the military with the last twenty in an
Active Duty status. He served as the State
Family Program Director for the Texas
National Guard for four years. He also was
mobilized and then deployed overseas in
support of the Kosovo Peacekeeping mission
for seventeen months. Currently, he works
with Military Family Programs to help them
understand the importance of reaching out to
fathers and how to best do that.
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» CE Certificates of completion will be emailed to participants taking the
evaluation and post-test within 2-4 weeks."
» Questions/concerns surrounding the National Association of Social Workers
(NASW) CE credit certificates can be emailed to this address:
MFLNmilitaryfamilyadvocate@gmail.com!
» Sometimes state/professional licensure boards for fields other than social work
recognize NASW CE Credits, however, you would have to check with your state
and/or professional boards if you need CE Credits for your field. !
"
• To learn more about obtaining CE Credits, please visit this website:
http://blogs.extension.org/militaryfamilies/family-development/professional-
development/nasw-ce-credits/!
CE Credit Information!
62. This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
and the Office of Family Policy, Children and Youth, U.S. Department of Defense under Award Numbers 2010-48869-20685 and 2012-48755-20306.
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