To get there, I threw myself into work: I spent more than a year working two jobs (plunging myself into even higher levels of burn out, exacerbating the very problem I was trying to escape), diligently saving, eating cheap, wearing worn-out clothes, and doing whatever I could to maximi...
They now have paid jobs outsidethe home. So their young children spend at least part of the day in a child-care home orcenter.Changes in the family also resulted from changes in marriage traditions. Duringthe 1960s, many young men and women began to live together without being legally...
My elder brother, Jerry, has had a significant influence on my life. He is currently a junior student at Zhengzhou University and is passionate about singing and playing musical instruments. A few months ago, he participated in a singing competition called "Voice of China" and achieved second ...
By assembling the railcars in Chicago, CRRC Sifang America is creating some 170 new jobs for local residents. With the trained American workers coming back, CRRC Sifang America Chicago facility has gone into prototype production, with five railcars being equipped at present. After the first batch...
18、t often the basis for marriage in the United States; young adults meet their future spouses through other friends, at school, at jobs, and in organizations and religious institutions. A parent may try to influence a child to follow a particular profession but the child is free to choose...
Women have traditionally been more involved in family life, while men have been the main breadwinner, which can mean that the family is more important to women's happiness level and jobs more important to that of men. There are also reasons to believe that these gender differences are even ...
MORE SO in College Towns, because young families with parent in school CANNOT AFFORD high priced housing, and in fact, Financial Aid just CANNOT go far enough EVEN WITH part time or even full time jobs! School is EXPENSIVE. If you have no workers in this category, you lose EVERYTHING. ...
The strength of a country’s social safety net may offer clues about the quality of life in that nation. For example, the Nordic nations of Denmark, Sweden and Norway have spent more than 1% of their total gross domestic product on early childhood education and care, according to the Organi...
On any given night in our state, 18,471 people experience homelessness, a number that has more than doubled since 1990, and over 12,000 of them are in families with children. Since 2007, no other state in America has seen a larger increase in family homelessness. It doesn’t have to...
t trembling. I carried her out for a private chat. I asked if she wanted to come home with us and instantly knew the answer. By day’s end, she knew she had a home and a family. During those first few weeks, I felt I had known her in a previous life, something I never ...