Family Friendly - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Tue, 01 Oct 2013 23:41:48 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Family Friendly - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Work demands taking their toll of family life https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/10/04/work-demands-taking-toll-family-life/ Thu, 03 Oct 2013 18:30:15 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=50371

The results of an online survey, commissioned by Hyundai to look at Kiwis' attitudes toward family life, found work pressure had a significant impact on family time. Mounting work schedules are straining quality family time, with parents missing dinnertime and working through the weekend. Almost 60 per cent of parents said their work commitments had Read more

Work demands taking their toll of family life... Read more]]> The results of an online survey, commissioned by Hyundai to look at Kiwis' attitudes toward family life, found work pressure had a significant impact on family time.

Mounting work schedules are straining quality family time, with parents missing dinnertime and working through the weekend.

Almost 60 per cent of parents said their work commitments had a real impact on their family life.

John Cowan, writer and presenter from The Parenting Place, said the figures did not sound as bad as he expected they would actually be.

"For those that don't have internet access, I wouldn't be surprised if they were the lowest earners, working two or more jobs a week, and so it's probably even worse than these figures suggest," he said.

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Work demands taking their toll of family life]]> 50371 Family friendly workplaces take on a whole new dimension https://cathnews.co.nz/2011/09/27/family-friendly-workplaces-take-on-a-whole-new-dimension/ Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:30:06 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=12014

Latifa Nabizada's daughter often goes to work with her helicopter pilot mum. Malalai has flown over 300 missions because the Afghan air force has no childcare facility. Family friendly workplaces take on a whole new dimension when going to work with a parent means heading to the frontline. In some ways Latifa's story is heroic. Read more

Family friendly workplaces take on a whole new dimension... Read more]]> Latifa Nabizada's daughter often goes to work with her helicopter pilot mum. Malalai has flown over 300 missions because the Afghan air force has no childcare facility. Family friendly workplaces take on a whole new dimension when going to work with a parent means heading to the frontline.

In some ways Latifa's story is heroic. To be a Colonel in the military takes some doing. To achieve this as a woman in a strongly male dominated culture is something of a triumph. Latifa deserves credit for her achievements.

However, like many heroic stories, this one has a fatal flaw. An irritant that can turn the story inside out and upside down making it hard to understand at face value, and making sure it gets under our skin.

In this story the hero has to risk, and perhaps sacrifice, her child's life in the pursuit of what she considers the greater good. Shades of the Christian crucifixion story.

 

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