Both parents pursue independent careers in a dual-career family. The advantages include increased financial stability and opportunities, as well as higher self-esteem for both partners. However, dual-career families also face challenges like stress, lack of personal time, and childcare worries due to busy work schedules that leave little time for family. Research shows that dual-career couples tend to be highly educated and both have professional careers, with about half also having children.

1. DUAL CAREER FAMILIES.
SUB TOPICS :=
1)MEANING.
2)DEFINITION.
3)ADVANTAGES.
4)DISADVANTAGES.
5)SUMMARY.
6)CONCLUSION.
7)DETAILS.
8)REFERANCES.
9)THANK YOU.

2. A dual-career family is a family in which
both parents have careers. The term is
typically only used for those who work
away from home, and it does not include
those who work at home. The jobs are
also usually career based with
advancement goals rather than
temporary work.
DEFINITION:=

3. • First used in 1969.
• Both partners pursue an
independent career.
• High involvement.
• Partners are highly educated.
• Upward career orientation.
• Increased popularity with
changing gender roles.

4. CAREER VS
FAMILY

5. Advantages of the dual career
families are:-
1) Increased career opportunities.
2) Increased independence .
3) Increased appreciation of time
together,
4) Decreased focus on disagreements,
and
5) Decreased frequency of arguments.
6) Professional autonomy.
7) High Economic Stability.
8) Sharing a goal.
The Dual Career Family: Its Not All Bad

6. Advantages
9)Both professionally challenged.
10)Both men and women enjoying higher self-esteem.
11)Opportunity for women to be all they can be.
12)Children involved with real role models.
13)Children more self-reliant.
14)Greater opportunities (from a financial standpoint) for children.
15)Potential for more disposable income.
16)Opportunity to upgrade lifestyle.
17)More opportunity for cultural enrichment (through travel or
other work experiences).

7. Disadvantages of dual career families are:-
1) Risk of getting caught up in financial wants versus needs.
2) Loneliness.
3) Lack of personal and professional support system due to a
lack of time to build and maintain these relationships.
4) Negative attitudes from friends, family, coworkers, and
society.
5) Increased tension in marriage and the family.
6) Decreased satisfaction with private life.
7) Missed important family moments and day-to-day
experiences.
8) Lack of social life, hobbies, and individual projects
9) Constant child care worries.
10) Dealing with fatigue and coping with stress.
11) Running out of “cope” and being short with loved ones.
12) Fear of everything: losing job, not being available for
children, divorce, bankruptcy.

8. Characteristics-
Research reveals that most dual career couples
have a high level of education and that both
partners have professional or executive careers.
Most are between the ages of 25 to 65, the
mean age being mid - late thirties. Forty to 50%
of dual career couples have children, and more
than 50% have been married for more than 9
years. Most of dual career couples are with
advanced degrees and are heavily involved in
their careers. The most attractive factor of a job
for dual career couples is the job-education
match.

9. Benefits
Despite all of these challenges, dual-career couples enjoy
their chosen lifestyle. Couples report not only experiencing
financial benefits, but personal benefits. They enjoy the
collegiality of having a partner with whom they can share
the challenges and frustrations of work. And, unlike what
many once believed to be the case, both husbands and
wives in dual-worker homes report experiencing higher
levels of self-esteem because of their chosen lifestyle. Work
outside the home appears to provide both men and
women with a sense of accomplishment and competence.

10. Women, in our society, on average marry men who are
somewhat older (~3 years). Thus men are farther along in their
careers, and less likely to make career sacrifices.
WHY THE DUAL SCIENCE CAREER PROBLEM DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS WOMEN
It seems that younger wives generally struggle more with the
guilt that their husbands are disadvantaged in some way, and
young husbands tend to feel a sense of loss in comparison to a
traditional husband.
Working mothers still treated as if they are the “bad guys.”

11. Practical Implications:-
1} First the division of labour should be
discussed and made clear to both the spouses.
2} The stability of relationship should also be
considered.
3} Reaction of each individual towards societal
views must be considered.
4} The financial expenses should be managed.
5} Finally the couple should consider discussing
the decision with other dual career couples to
gain first hand knowledge.

12. Major Concern :-
1] Finding employment in the
same geographic location .
2] One partner experiences less
professional success than the
other, especially if that partner has
made sacrifices for the other’s
career.

14. Children

15. The Children:
Lock/Latch key children=
 The children are kept locked in
home as both parents are working.
 The children go to school and they
have a key of home they are called
latch key children.
 These children stay alone at home
and they are more responsible and
mature.

16. Powerful Women on work-life balance
CHANDA KOCHHAR. INDRA NOOYI.

17. Chandra Kochhar.

19. Case study=
Here is a Case study=
A girl with working parents was asked this question-
Q1) what did your parents do when they went out for work ?
Ans – 1) My parents use to keep food and snacks so that we could get to
eat something at the time without using the gas. Her mother use to turn
the gas cylinder off and hide the lighter and matchstick's so that we could
not try to use it . she even use to keep the knife’s out of reach.
2) She taught us what to do when there’s a fire or an emergency.
3) We had our parents office number and personal mobile number and we
had our landline to call.
4) We always had some money in our hand just in case of an emergency.
5) We were told not to talk to any strange.

20. Conclusion:-
My Opinion=
I think that nowdays couples are mandatory to
work due to increasing inflammation. Awareness
is created about education and more young girls
and boys are interested in pursuing higher
education and qualification so dual career families
are also increasing .But if both the partners
understand and respect each other then they can
overcome any difficulty. Dual career couples
should share responsibilities and spend adequate

22. THANK YOU