It is quite common for both parents in a family to work. Sometimes this is because they need two salaries to survive whereas other times it is their choice. What are the problems you see in this situation? How does this affect the children and the family life?

With the 1modernization of societymodernization of the society, it is not uncommon to 2see both parents workingsee both the parents working. There are various reasons for it. Firstly, everybody wants to be financially independent. Secondly, with 3rising inflationthe increasing inflation and cost of living, it sometimes becomes necessary for 4both partners to workboth the partners to work. But there is 5no denying the factno gainsaying in the fact that this impacts family life and children. When both the partners are working, it becomes difficult to spend time together and with the family, especially when 6their work schedulesthe work timings are different. Children suffer the most in this situation. 7When childrenMostly when children are merely one year old, they are sent to day care centre and 8are cared for by strangersare taken care by strangers. Childhood is a 9crucial timevery crucial time in everybody's life. This is the time when children learn most, they pick up good or bad habits, develop emotional bonds with their parents. But when both the parents are working, children 10spendspends most of the time away from their parents and hence the emotional 11connectionconnect is not as strong as it should be. Even when all family members meet in the evening, 12both parents are tired after a full day's workboth parents would be tired of all day work and 13cannot spend quality timecould not spend quality time with each other. One major 14drawback of both parents workingdrawback of the both parents working 15is that there is nobodyis there is nobody to constantly keep an eye on children and to correct them instantly. 16For example,For example; when I was growing up, my mother was always at home when I came back from school, and I would spend hours telling her what happened in school. She would feed me wholesome food and then help me with my homework. As I was growing up, she taught me, how to cook, do the dishes, and clean the house. Whenever I was late 17gettingfor home, I was answerable to her. Whenever I 18made a mistakecommitted any mistake, she could catch it instantly and would correct me. Her constant support helped me, not only in achieving good 19gradesgrade but also to be a better human being; whereas my 20friends whose parents were both workingfriends whose both parents were working, would come to an empty house, they would mostly survive on snacks after school. Their grades constantly suffered because they would watch TV or loiter around during study hours. They would often lie to their parents and would 21avoid being caughtescape uncaught. Other problem that impacts the family life when both partners work is "ego". Since both are independent, ego often comes between both the partners; there would be a lot of argument. The increase in divorce rate is also due to this decrease in tolerance level. In nutshell, it is sometimes important for both the parents to work but this certainly has an impact on children and the family life. In this situation, it really becomes necessary to pay extra attention towards their children and try and spend as much time with family as possible.