Having It All Having Enough: How to Create a Career/Family Balance That Works for You

This sane guide presents practical ideas for working parents burned out on trying to have it all. While other books in the work/family field focus exclusively on the issues faced by working mothers, Having It All/Having Enough supplies real solutions that have worked for fathers as well. It can help anyone - male or female, single, married, or divorced - to drop unrealistic goals, establish priorities, and learn how much is enough to make their lives comfortable and enjoyable.
Having It All/Having Enough shares the stories of 40 individuals who have created a degree of balance and satisfaction in their lives while working and caring for their children. Through their experiences, the book identifies the essential building blocks for creating a work/family balance.
The book devotes considerable attention to exploring economic and social dimensions and how they relate to each other. Dr. Lee explores significant topics such as workaholism, sex roles, the history of the family, and prevailing attitudes toward children. She also includes discussions on how parents of different ethnic backgrounds - Asian, Hispanic, African-American, white, as well as new immigrants - bridge the work/family gap by relying on their immediate families as well as their communities.