PSY 3123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Telecommuting, Juggling, Flextime
27 Jun 2018
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PSY3123A
Dr. Mary-Theresa Howard
1. Ch 12 Family and World of Work 27.06.18
Reliance on foodbanks have increased b/c of inflation of food
Care for Family Members
Childcare – closely tied to social attitudes twd women’s work in Canada; needs to talk about before marriage
Assumption has been that children as best off at home and looked after by their mothers
Daycare centres established when it benefited society from desire for better supervision of children or
from need of mothers to join workforce
Provinces have responsibility for social programs like daycare
Federal gov has encouraged the development of specific programs through conditional grants of money
i.e WWII
Childcare can be formal or informal i.e extended family members, nannies
oDetermine cost efficiency – make $$ from work but pay for childcare
The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth found that over one-half of all children aged six
months to five years were in some form of childcare
Fees have increased and subsidies are limited
Changes in childcare arrangement affect women more than men
Factors for kind of childcare parents choose:
oage of child - daycare has limitations of children the accept based on age
oparent’s ideas on child development – determine quality of daycare
oparent’s income and job type – flexibility of hours, workplace accommodations for daycare
ofamily charactersitics – dual-career family, children’s diseases/disorders
ocommunity in which they live – facilities and resources in community i.e library, community
centre
Elder Care – Sandwich generation
mother care for both her own children as well as the elderly parents; caught btwn the generations
oi.e elderly parents are in nursing home, children in daycare
much of the care of the elderly has been placed on the family from institutions and government
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Document Summary
Dr. mary-theresa howard: ch 12 family and world of work. Reliance on foodbanks have increased b/c of inflation of food. Childcare closely tied to social attitudes twd women"s work in canada; needs to talk about before marriage. Assumption has been that children as best off at home and looked after by their mothers. Daycare centres established when it benefited society from desire for better supervision of children or from need of mothers to join workforce. Provinces have responsibility for social programs like daycare. Federal gov has encouraged the development of specific programs through conditional grants of money i. e wwii. Childcare can be formal or informal i. e extended family members, nannies: determine cost efficiency make 32318 from work but pay for childcare. The national longitudinal survey of children and youth found that over one-half of all children aged six months to five years were in some form of childcare. Fees have increased and subsidies are limited.
