FAMILY LIFE

Whether you're married or single, or even if have children or not, everyone in all jobs needs to learn how to deal with the stress of their job combined with social and family life. For medical professionals, this can be a big test.

Balancing work, school and family life is the reality of many students today, including me. With a full-time job, two little boys and school, I find my time is greatly stretched. This is what I have learned the helps me balance it all.

Unfortunately, when it comes to enjoying our family life, we often come to appreciate it only when the happy times are gone: we look back and mourn them, understanding only in retrospect how good we had it.

Support and encouragement... Two things we all need from our family. Two things that we know (theoretically) our spouse and children need from us. Building up and not tearing down. Standing behind each other, covering each other's back.

Women as family members were so far down on the ladder that in order to make them more desirable to a prospective husband, the tradition of a dowry was instituted. The bride's dowry was pretty much on the same level as the "Showcase Showdown" on "The Price Is Right".