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The document that was present by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, presents practices that can improve family and work. As we know women who work fulltime hours and are mothers, are put at a huge disadvantage for more opportunities at work. After giving birth to a child management styles and leadership styles change for some women at work according to Gender on Trial. Also, time becomes a huge factor in parenting. This is where work and home conflict with each other. Mothers have to choose whether to spend more time at work, working full time hours. Or spending a lot of their time at home with their child or children. If mothers take the role to spend more time at home rather then work means that their hours are reduced or they made the transition to part time. This transition however, can create problems in the areas for advancement according to the reading, Gender on Trial. In the document written by, Joanna L. Grossman it proposes practices that can improve “workers ability to balance family and work.” Joanna L. Grossman document proposes that companies go “beyond” to adopt practices that will improve these workers situations. By creating a family friendly environment and workplace can help improve the workers performance. Not only can this type of workplace can improve workers performance, it can also improve the balance between family and work. This allows the workers to have the opportunity to flex hours or reduce their work hours without having to stress if they will be able to have the same opportunity for advancement. Men and women experience this challenge. However, according to Joanna Grossman, it is more likely found in women. Child care responsibilities, whether it is their own child or aging parents, is a responsibility that most women experience. Practicing in some of the recommendations that the EEOC presents can help improve the balancing between work and family.