Parents of young children often find that balancing responsibilities for work and family is a major challenge. Describe at least three workplace factors that might help to increase and three that might help to decrease this challenge. Give two examples of how you have observed some of these factors in your lived experience

What will be an ideal response?


Increases challenge:
• low wages
• work schedules
• single-parent status
• inflexible work environment

Decreases challenge:
• family-friendly work policies
• flextime
• on-site child care
• benefits, including health care insurance

Other factors are also acceptable.

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What will be an ideal response?

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a. Increase the number of test-takers b. Increase the number of test items c. Require the test to be administered on the same date for all test-takers. d. Require the test to be administered in small-group settings.

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