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It can be very difficult to balance your professional life and your home life if you have a family. You can end up feeling guilty no matter what you’re doing. Here are a few web sites with articles that may be of assistance to you as you deal with this issue.*

Balancing Work and Family: Viewpoints from Different Careers
Women in Physiology, Career Opportunities in Physiology, and Education Committees
APS Mentoring Forum

Life and Career
ScienceCareers.org, AAAS

Balancing Work and Family
MentorNet
(free, but registration required)

Dual Career Couples and the Job Search
University of Michigan

Questions for Dual-Career Couples
Julie Miller Vick and Jennifer S. Furlong, ChronicleCareers.com
April 2008

Addressing the Major Challenge for Women in Academia: “It’s Proximate Childcare, Stupid!”
Ajit P. Varki, American Society for Cell Biology
April 2008

Postponement of Parenthood: Implications for Women Scientists
Ursula Goodenough, American Society for Cell Biology
Dec. 2007

Postponement of Parenthood—The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Kelle H. Moley, American Society for Cell Biology
Nov. 2007

Dual-Career Academic Couples
Andrea Henderson, American Society for Cell Biology
Feb. 2007

A Case Study of a Mom-Scientist: Canopy Meg
Irene S. Levine, ScienceCareers.org, AAAS
September 2006

Pregnancy and the Lab--Feature Index
Elisabeth Pain, ScienceCareers.org, AAAS
April 2006

Balance and Love
Clinton Parks, ScienceCareers.org, AAAS
October 2005

Scientists as Parents
Crispin Taylor, ScienceCareers.org, AAAS
Jan. 2004

Mommy Postdoc, PhD
Heather Patisul, The Scientist.com (Subscription required)
Nov. 2003

Dual-Career Couples
Jim Austin, ScienceCareers.org, AAAS
March 2003

How to Succeed in Science Without Being Single
Mary Beckman, Chronicle Careers, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Nov. 2002

Settling in as a New Faculty Spouse
Will Stallings, Chronicle Careers, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Oct. 2002

Finding Balance
MsMoney.com

Parenthood & Science Careers, Chapter 8 in Career Advice for Life Scientists
American Society for Cell Biology
 

*APS does not endorse or assume responsibility for the information posted on these web sites.