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More Vocabulary/Figurative Language
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What did Sue Shellenbarger vow to do in order to balance work and family?

not to do work when she is on vacation

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joining by inserting and binding together

splicing

100

observable event

phenomenon

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What is daddy stress?

the fear of missing a child's ballgame

200

combines

integrates

200

constant

chronic

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What did Sue Shellenbarger realize about being a blender?

taking time for her family didn't affect her work at all

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fellow worker

colleague

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journeyed

trekked

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What did Ellen Galinsky learn about kids feelings when she did research?

2/3 of kids worry about their working parents

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strong belief

conviction

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They struggle between responsibilities of work and the needs of their families.  They have demanding jobs.  They have children.

parallellism

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What would the authors of all three articles probably agree with?

workers need to balance their jobs and family

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increases as much as possible

maximizes

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Working parents are like jugglers.

simile

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