Commodification and Objectification of the Working Class

This is an interesting point to consider. It's stated in the parent comment that contemporary society exists within a "fast paste (sic), busy world". I do not refute this comment in the least, but rather leads me to wonder in regards to whether or not the effects of lost time within family units is a manifest or latent function of the actions on the part of the bourgeois.

It's intriguing to note that from a capitalist perspective, it is actually more beneficial for an employer to have a wider multiplicity of employees, who in turn work proportionately shorter hours, and thus the notion seems somewhat contradictory. However, one must also stop to consider that if the first premise (more part-time employees) holds to be true, it stands that with such precarious employment that many individuals would seek out secondary sources of income, which consequently leads to a busier life with less time for family, as we have noted.

To take this on a bit of a tangent, another aspect with regard to work-to-family-life ratio is that in a family structure, often parents will work beyond an everyday necessity in order to pay for the education of their children, which has also been commodified in recent years. Although it is clear that education and such providence comes with a cost, post-secondary has divulged from its initial elite status and is now viewed more as a standard rather than the same way an individual may view a master's degree nowadays. It is no coincidence that many students now regard tuition costs as merely buying the "chance" to attain a degree, especially given how systematic the post-secondary system is formatted with red-tape requirements and all.