Father's Day

Flexibility for Fathers

On Father’s Day, dads across the nation will be struggling to succeed both at work and as husbands and parents.  It used to be that work life balance issues were considered primarily challenges for women.  Not any more.  In 2008 National Study of the Changing Workforce, Ellen Galinsky, Kerstin Aumann and James T. Bond revealed that almost 59% of fathers in dual earner couples report experiencing “some or a lot of conflict today,” compared to only 45% of women in dual earner couples.  Far from being just a women’s issue, work life balance is a fathers issue as well. 

While the needs of families has changed, but the structure of work has not.  What fathers need now is workplace flexibility, flexibility in the way the work so that they can be successful in meeting both their work and family obligations.