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Many people strive to maintain successful career and happy family life at the same time. What problems can this cause? What are the possible solutions?

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A large number of people find it difficult to have at the same
time
 a profitable career and a happy family
due to
 the lack of
time
. Actually, having a successful career
lead
Correct subject-verb agreement
leads
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workers
 to spend the majority of their
time
 in the workplace and
as a consequence
, it is easy for the family to feel obscured.
Workers
 with successful careers have to choose if spend more
time
 with families, denying to do more hours at
work
 or
on the contrary
 they can
choose
Wrong verb form
choosing
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 to spend more at
work
 obscuring their family.
This
 is a common issue that regards successful
workers
 and that sometimes leads
workers
 to make choices which can compromise the relationship with the family. Actually, if a worker spends more
time
 at
work
, the children could feel less monitored and they could grow up without the right education. One solution to solve
this
 problem could
arrive
Verb problem
come
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 from the authorities. The government should make a suitable law to enforce a maximum number of hours where people can
work
. From my perspective, in
this
 way
workers
 can spend less
time
 at
work
, giving the right support to the family.
In addition
, there are advantages
also
 from a healthy point of view because
workers
 could be less stressed having more
time
 to relax.
To sum up
, many people strive to maintain a successful career and happy families at the same
time
, it happens because both family and
work
 need to have more attention. To solve
this
 issue the government could be helpful by making suitable laws that make
workers
 able to spend more
time
 with their families.
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