A Work Family Balance Contribution to Children’s Education (A Descriptive Study on Women’s Dual Roles)

Abstract

The lack of work family balance among women due to their dual roles leads to having very limited to interact and do activities with their husbands and children. The family conflicts that are prone to occur are the lack of attention to the children and being fully entrusted their education to schools. Therefore, emotional support is one of the important factors to achieve a balance of women's dual roles both in paying attention to their children's education and to their work matters. This phenomenon is the background of the problem in this research. A descriptive qualitative method is used to answer the research question related to the contribution of work-family balance to children's education. Data were collected by observation, documentation, and interview methods for working women and analyzed by the Miles Huberman model, and its validity was tested using a source triangulation technique which then became a conclusion. The results of the study indicate that the work family balance contributions of women’s dual roles to children's education are 1) Maintaining discipline and being on time in completing work, 2) Making time for video calls with the children in between work, and 3) Having a joint commitment at the beginning of marriage about sharing tasks and roles in the family. Work-family balance is needed to carry out women’s dual roles, especially in paying attention to the development and education of the children at their early age and in maintaining their working quality