Modern Day Family Stress

Research was done in the U.S. of "the dual-earner, multiple-child, middle-class American household".

Some of the investigators are childless and what they experienced in their study can be summarised by one of their colleagues' comment: “The very purest form of birth control ever devised..."

The New York Times: Science | Families' Every Fuss Archived and Analyzed

The videotapes reveal parents as at-home teachers, enforcing homework deadlines. As coaches and personal trainers, sorting through piles of equipment. As camp directors, planning play dates and weekend “family time.”

“The coordination it takes, it’s more complicated than a theater production,” said Elinor Ochs, the U.C.L.A. linguistic anthropologist who led the study. “And there are no rehearsals.”

News of Noteworthy

Ok. Will ring up Dad and talk to him more and I'll go home early to day:

www.abc.net.au | Dads told to spend more time with kids: "I think about my father and my friends' fathers; the way they spend time with their children is quite different to what I spend with my children and other people of similar age. So fathers are definitely playing a greater role in their children's lives," Dr Gray said

 Also mental note to self - start learning Ninjutsu:

www.sbs.com.au | Sydney student is rescued by ninjas: "We started running towards them and they took off. They would have seen five of us in ninja gear... all in black with our belts on, running toward them.

"I think they're probably still running if I'm not mistaken," Soto told the ABC."

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