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CAREER OPTIONS AND FAMILY
ROLES
Case Studies
Enrique is a new father. He
plans to move his business
into the home using
telecommuting via computer
for the next few years until his
new son goes to school. The
new mother, Anna, will return
to her sales job when the baby
is three months old.
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CAREER OPTIONS AND FAMILY
ROLES
Tera’s eighty-two-year-old
mother can no longer
safely live alone in her own
home. Tera, who is
divorced and a teacher, has
considered moving in with
her mother, even though
she would not be there to
supervise her mother
during school days.
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CAREER OPTIONS AND FAMILY
ROLES
Carolina and Deven are parents
of three children ages eight,
eleven, and fourteen. Both
parents work outside the home.
Deven is a supervisor at a pump
manufacturing plant, and
Carolina is an administrator at an elder services
facility. The children report to a neighbor’s home after
school, but the fourteen-year-old son has been
asking his parents to let him come home after school
and has even promised to supervise his younger
brother and sister.
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