1. Dual-Earner Families and Maternal Gatekeeping
... Stephen be the primary caregiver father (Ranson, 2010). However, not all dual-earner couples are in such a situation as can be seen with Denise and Gary. It is believed that often in dual-earner families, the more involved the father is the more the mother feels incompetent and has a loss of ... had the fathers and mothers accommodate their work hours, so they can be the caregivers. One of the "shift-worker" couples, Gary and Denise, had Gary change his flights to night time ones, so he could do the day time care which meant only leaving the night time care for Denise ... (Ranson, 2010...
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