Sue Shellenbarger's 'Diary Of A Mad Blender'

In these articles describe the conflicts between work life and home life in parents and children. In Penny Parker’s “Double Daddy” she shows the point of view from a father. In Sue Shellenbarger’s “Diary of a Mad Blender” she shows the point of view from a mother. Finally in Cora Daniels’s “The Child’s View of Working Parents” she shows the point of view of the children of those who work. These articles show what adults think about their work and home lives. They also show some of what their kids think as well. These articles show that there is a large conflict between family life and work life. In Penny Parker’s “Double Daddy” she shows a father who quit his job to work as a freelance writer until he found a “regular job” but he found himself more apart of his children’s lives and he was better off with his kids than working away from home. This shows that it is possible to work at home and be with your family at the same time (Parker 23.) In Sue Shellenbarger’s “Diary of a Mad Blender” she gives an example of a work at home mom who …show more content…
They said that they don’t care if their parents are working they care on how it affects their parents, emotionally and physically. They care that their parents aren’t getting as much sleep or that they are super stressed at work and at home. They care for their parents safety. That they will get to work and get back from work safely. (Daniels 27.) I worry for my father who has to work almost every day in flash resistant clothing because he works near high voltage electricity ranging from sixty thousand volts to five hundred thousand volts or in some cases ranging up to one million volts. Even the smallest voltage line can kill my dad. This is what I worry about every day. This is what we as the children of these hard workers feel and what we think about every