More people are bringing up children single-handedly, or are in families where both parents work.
Last week parliament approved a new benefit to encourage families in which both parents work to have more children.
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By my standards, they were rich because six days a week they had a maid who cooked and cleaned for them so both parents could work.
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The burden of enduring a strike then falls on families in which both parents need to work.
Some would say Kurt might stand a better chance if both his parents didn't work full-time.
It would be great if both parents could have the option to work fewer and more flexible hours.
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Its estimates indicate 28 million school-age children have both parents or their only parent in the work force.
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Their family lives with her parents -- both of whom still work.
Both of my parents have been involved in community work around the world especially through faith-based networks.
Both parents have to be working, looking for work or attending school while the kids are being watched.
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In particular, it emphasises the importance of work as a route out of poverty, both for parents on low incomes and for their children once they leave school.
Certainly, it is helpful to both men and women to have a more flexible work schedule to better permit parents to help one another out with the important challenges they face when it comes to performing in the workplace while taking care of business at home.
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In couples where both parents are bringing home pay, fathers spend nearly 11 hours more a week on paid work than mothers do, while mothers spend more time on unpaid chores.
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Gingerbread, which campaigns for single parents, said the cuts would "push more families, both in and out of work, into poverty", while children's charity Barnardo's appealed to ministers to re-think the cap on benefit increases.
The study also noted the importance of a work environment that is supportive of and recognizes the role of fathers as both workers and parents.
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