How can one manage the financial pressure of being a sole income earner for a family?

[King Belieal]

In some families, only one parent works and earns, probably due to the fact that the other parent hasn't found a job yet or that the other parent is taking care of infants.

How can a person handle the financial pressure of being a sole income earner for a family?

 

[magnus2022]

It is usually very difficult especially in this present economic situation. The first step to create other avenues or channels through which income will be coming in like having part time job, doing online macro tasks, engaging in agriculture etc. Secondly, encourage other members of the family to start something no matter how small.

 

[Fidelia]

The best thing is for the other partner to work out modalities to get a job because that situation can make one to just implode.

 

[Augusta]

It is to do the one you can and don't go kill yourself over what you can't control. Have other sources of income is apt

 

[Springtime]

It is indeed stressful if you are the only breadwinner of the family. Family members should spend wisely and grasp any legal earning opportunities to help out.

 

[eLdavis]

I don't think there is any special way to handle the pressure that comes with this. I think the best thing to do would be to cut your coat accordingly to your size.

 

[Augusta]

Yes , just live according to your means. Just try to cut your expenses and accommodate the ones you can for now

 

[Nomad]

If you are the only one earning, make sure, your expenses are always low and you always manage to save and invest.

 

[King Belieal]

I would never allow myself to be stuck with a woman that I would be the sole earner of the entire family. That can be so frustrating.

 

[freelancermaria]

Having only one person earning in the family can cause a lot of stress, based on my own experience. Other family members should look for ways to contribute financially and must practice wise spending habits. Avoid unnecessary spendings.

 

[Kera]

Family needs are so much on a daily. I would surely break down handling such a responsibility. Even if it is menial job, let the other partner take up to support

 

[pousinha]

I would never allow myself to be stuck with a woman that I would be the sole earner of the entire family. That can be so frustrating.

The times when a single salary supported very well a standard family of 4 finished decades ago. Despite I was born in a period when it was still possible, since my childhood I always hated the idea of becoming a housewife. So I have spent my entire life studying crazily like hell (well, I know superior education and even masters are never enough nowadays to get a job paying huge salaries, but surely you won't stay completely unemployed). In any way, the important question should be: what if one of the spouses loses his/her job after the marriage? It often happens. It can happen indistinctly to men and women. How do you manage such a circumstance, remembering both of you had a job before the marriage.

 

[Augusta]

Sometimes give yourself a break and let them know you are not a money producing machine. They need to go fend for themselves as well.

 

[aninditasen]

In some families, only one parent works and earns, probably due to the fact that the other parent hasn't found a job yet or that the other parent is taking care of infants.

How can a person handle the financial pressure of being a sole income earner for a family?

In today's inflation situation it's very difficult to run a family for a single person. It's essential for both partners to work but when the wife has to look after the children she has to stay at home. There's no other way.

 

[pousinha]

In the most developed Western countries (especially Anglo-Americans), when a couple has little children and both the spouses work, they can ask the Municipality for a place at a kindergarten or when in condition, they pay for a private nursery school, so the mothers don't lose their jobs.

 

[Xtynehappy]

To manage this thing appropriately, one should be able to find some alternative sources of money as side gigs.

 

[Starmix]

At home my two sisters and I have jobs and business, We're sharing for the payments of the bills and food except for the medicine, vitamins, milk, laundry and body soaps we're buying individually. I can manage well the expenses and could save more.

 

[kerryjoy]

That is very hard but a good planning and a future investment can really help alot, The first thing to consider is how everyone in the family can help you