sometimesinthesamehouse,arelativeoftheworkingparentstookcareofthechildren.Butbeginning

withtheIndustrialRevolution,peoplemovedawayfromfarmsandsmalltownstofindbetterjobchances

inlargercities.Graduallynuclearfamiliesareoftenseeninthesociety,buttherealsoappearsthe

immediatefamily,witheitherthemotherorthefatherlivingwiththechildrenbecauseofdivorce.Another

variationisthemixedfamily,theresultofamarriagebetweenapreviouslymarriedmanandwomanwho

combinethechildrenfromtheirformermarriagesintoanewfamily.

Since1950sand1960s,atrendthathasappearedisthesharingofchild-careresponsibilitiesbetweenhusbandandwife.Moreandmorewomenareworkingoutsidethehome.Around70percentofwomen

withchildrenunder18haveotherjobsbesidesthatofmotherandhomemaker.Mostareemployedin

traditionalfieldsforfemales,suchassales,education,andservice.Someareengineers,politicians,doctors,lawyers,andscientists.Andattheendoftwentiethcentury,evenafewhavebeguntooccupyvital

positionsinbusiness,government,andbanking,breakingthroughtheso-calledglassceiling.

Moneymattersinfluencewomentowork.Someareemployedfulltime,someparttime,andsome

seekcreativesolutionssuchasflex-timeworkschedulesandjobsharing.Manyaresinglemothers,in

single-parentfamily,raisingchildrenbythemselves.Butinmostcases,oneincomeinthehouseholdis

simplynotenough,sobothparentsmustworktosupportthefamily.Themenarenolongertheonly

breadwinners.

Sowhowatchesthechildrenwhiletheparentswork?Answerstothisquestionarevaried.Some

parentsputchildreninday-carecenters.Someparentsputchildrenininformalday-carecentersinprivatehomes.Companiesandhospitalsarerealizingthatprovidingdaycareattheworkplacemakesforhappierandmoreproductiveemployees.Somewealthyfamiliescanhaveananny,awomanwhocomestocare

forthechildre