Page 5 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 4, 1985 BUSINESS \I /N .-- j;;., Hello ... is that right? The Daily? The Michigan Daily? Carries Bloom County ... THE BLOOM COUNTY? Now in Dual careers pose challenge By KELLY ANN COLEMAN When George and Annette Robson leave their high-powered positions with Burroughs Corporation each workday, they drive home to find the house picked up and meals prepared for their two children by a full-time maid. But Ann Connor leaves her job as a social worker for Washtenaw County to head back to her Ann Arbor home, where her husband Tim has been babysitting their two year old son. When she arrives, he often takes off for a part-time job in a wine cellar or for a gig with his rock band "66 Spy." DESPITE their different lifestyles they say they have happily managed to balance dual careers with family e responsibilities. "I like to look at it (our situation) as a three-career, rather than a dual- career, family," said George Robson, stressing the need to plan one's per- sonal life as carefully as one's professional career. The Robsons and the Connors Friday told 120 students, faculty and staff how they managed to juggle their work and personal lives at a special discussion. Their talks "The Pleasures and Perils of Dual Career Family Relationships," sponsored by the Office of Career Planning and Placement and the Program in American Institutions. THE MOST important lesson dual career couples must keep in mind, Annette Robson said, is that "as a couple, you can't be all things to all people." She said that she and her husband have given up some activities, in- cluding church involvement and political activities, to spend more time with their children. And the couple usually declines social engagements if their two children, aged five and 15, cannot come along. "WE DO A lot with our kids, but not a lot with others socially," Annette Robson said. Sometimes, spending time with the kids is as simple as making cookies, picnicking or visiting museums But Annette sasid she and George have made "hard and fast rules about getting away together, with and without our children." SPENDING time alone is more dif- ficult for the Connors, who cannot af- ford to leave their son Christopher in a day care center or with a babysitter. "You can have it all," Tim Connor said, "but you won't have as much time to enjoy it as you might like." The Connors said they hadn't plan- ned on having a baby when they did. Tim wanted to start a family ealier, about the time he said he was growing disillusioned with his job with a Detroit publishing firm. But then Ann couldn't get pregnant. The couple began to talk about moving away to find other jobs. In the midst of plans, almost a year later, Ann found herself pregnant with Christopher. George Robson gave the audience more general advice: "After your relationship is formulated and you've had time together ... Be comfortable with your interpersonal relationships before adding the third dimension of a child." The Robson's 15-year-old is the child from Annette's previous marriage. The couple decided to have another baby together five years after they married. ANNETTE returned to work im- mediately after the birth of both her children; the first time she was forced to reenter the workforce out of finan- cial reasons but the second time love for her job rather than necessity drove her back. Another aspect of a dual career relationship that a couple must heed is the need to compromise when one partner's opportunity for advan- cement may not be in sync with the other's. Annette Robson said she "had some real concerns and real resentment several years ago when George was relocated and promoted by another company. At that time, Annette was working as a schoolteacher. 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