Family Work Interview

Description of the interview: I chose to interview my mother who has owned and operated a childcare and preschool for over 23 years and counting. The childcare and preschool is located inside of the family home, and her oldest child is 25 years old; her youngest child is 16 years old, with two in the middle. I learned a lot during this interview that I never knew about my own mother. One question that I asked her was how her work experiences influenced her marriage and family experiences and vice versa. A major influence that work had on the family is that she got to have more family time. This was accomplished by having her children and husband help out with the childcare and preschool when they could. Raising her own children in the childcare made them more outgoing, social and confident. But, there are a few negative influences that this career has had on the family; their family dinner was always late at night or did not happen. This was due to the childcare not closing until six o’clock in the evening. Another big
My mother’s business completes this concept, it is a “company that is friendly and supports employees and their families” (Johnson, Miller, and Olsen, 2013 PG 57). I love this concept of balancing work and family because I believe that this is one of the most important things to get balanced. Having a job that you enjoy will make it so that you are a more happy person, which in turn makes it easier to deal with family when you get home from work. Allowing flexibility for your family is also an important part of a job, if you have a ill or injured child or spouse you would want to be home with them. If your job doesn’t let you take days off for family issues; this makes it impossible to balance work and family, it can make you unhappy and hostile at work and home. (Johnson, Miller, and Olsen,