Working Families: Navigating the Demands and Delights of Marriage, Parenting, and Career
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (952 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0877881995 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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My favorite book so far on working motherhood Jody Wiley Fernando Joy Jordan-Lake gives a great gift in her honest, challenging look at faithfulness in calling and passion in all areas of our lives - not just motherhood. With candor and wisdom, she grapples with how to work out a marriage with two careers, others' opinions, and the chaos that sometimes come with the multi-layered life of a working mom. She advocates working as faithfulness to a calling - not a payche. Working Families This book is very real and great for married couples going through tough times. We are actually using it for our Sunday School class and we can all relate to this book.. Just how i wanted it I got just what I asked for, within the time frame I was expecting, and all with no surprises! That is what I want in a purchase!
What distinguishes this book from the other Christian family-balancing guides that crowd the shelves is its emphasis on the fundamental equality of husband and wife, even while it recognizes that women often bear a greater psychological burden than men when they try to follow their bliss careerwise. The book is also refreshing for its social conscience; Jordan-Lake, who has worked with the urban poor and is an advocate for micro-enterprise loans, is all too aware that merely asking these questions about family and work is a luxury that few women in the world will ever afford. 20)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
Working Families shows you how.Joy Jordan-Lake, a woman passionate about her kids and career, gives you examples from the lives of real people, some famous and some you ll meet for the first time in these pages. Along the way, the insight, gentle humor, creative ideas, and encouragement of Working Families will help you sail through oceans of demands with confidence because you can change the world and not in spite of your children but because of them.Includes discussion guide for individuals or groups.. Who hasn t heard a lot about juggling, balancing, and surviving? Navigating parenthood and professional life
. She served as a Baptist chaplain at Harvard University and has taught writing and literature at Tufts University and Baylor University. An enthusiastic advocate for micro-enterprise loans, she helps the impoverished begin their own businesses to support their families. Joy Jordan-Lake, adjunct professor at Belmont University in Nashville, is the auth