SOCIOL 1C03 Lecture 7: Work:Life Conflict #3 - Investing in Families and Children - 27/09/17
5 Feb 2018
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Work life conflict #3 - investing in families and children . More and more families must provide home care, whether that"s for elderly relatives or young children: neoliberalism reflected in family law (divorce and the end of cohabiting relationships, with or without children) In addition to child support, section 7 expenses might need to be paid (i. e. childcare, extra-curricular activities, dental care, secondary school) Spousal support (paid to former partner: based on income differentials - especially if one partner was economically dependant on the other for a significant portion of the relationship, duration of relationship is considered. Supreme court of canada recognizes "post-divorce family units" as viable form of family. Individuals retain financial obligations to children and to former partners: recognition of the feminization of poverty - families led by single mothers more likely to be in poverty. Some european countries have tried to solve this by putting into place an.
