Blog 31

Blog 31

From everything I have watched, listened to, and read whether connected with this class or not, it seems that an equitable balance between work and family is very hard to achieve regardless of the profession. From what we have learned in this class, I would say it is next to impossible in the field of law. And really, I don’t think I mean just lawyers. I think it is the same way for many law enforcement officers.
I don’t remember now if it was in this class or another class, or on a TV news report where I heard a story about a couple back east that seems to have come up with a good solution to allow both parents quality time with their children. The father gets up and goes to work like any other person. The mother stays home and gets the kids ready for school and takes them to school. She then proceeds to go to the law office where she works and works about six hours. Then she leaves work, picks the kids up at school, and spends quality time with them. Her husband returns home from work and they all eat supper together. Then, depending on the current need, she either goes back to the office or to her home office and completes her eight hour work day. Her husband cleans up after supper, helps the kids with any homework still not done, and gets them ready for bed. This gives him quality time with the children as well. I am sure this is a very rare situation, but it seems to be working. Both parents are able to work full time and spend quality time with their kids. Many people think of attorneys as workaholics, yet here is a case where the attorney does her job and makes a very good living at it.
I believe that if more companies would come up with solutions like the one I just related where possible, they would see their morale go way up. They would also see their employees spending less on health care because they would be happy. The children of their employees would really reap a lot of benefits by having quality time with both parents, not just one or the other. (Word Count – 378)