Nowadays, in many families both parents need to have jobs. What are some of the problems associated with both parents working, and what are some of the possible solutions? Give reasons for your answers and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should write at least 250 words.

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Nowadays, it is true that families often need
both
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the mother and father to
work
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but that
childcare
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can
then
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cost too much. I believe that the difficulties linked to
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parents
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having jobs are challenging but there are clear solutions to some of them. In
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essay, I am going to give some of the difficulties and
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on my opinion. On the one hand, when
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the mother and father are full-time
worked
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working
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certain problems occur. If the
parents
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need to leave the house early in the morning and get home in the late afternoon or early evening, they may need someone to take care
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of
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their children
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school or at home.
Childcare
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becomes very expensive.
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, if
both
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parents
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work
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, the family will probably need to own two cars, which means spending even more
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each year. On the
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hand, there are definitely solutions to some of these problems. Some adults usually go to
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with other people, sometimes in a different person's car each day because the
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they have
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enough to take care
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of their
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children.
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, in some poor countries working
parents
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can apply to the government for
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to help with
childcare
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so they can go to
work
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and
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their income tax without
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being nervous
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about their
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.
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, there are certainly problems associated with
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parents
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working, including the cost of
childcare
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and transport.
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, solutions include car-sharing and government
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. In my own view, the challenges of a
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mother and father having jobs are difficult but not impossible to have.
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