The Journal of Family Issues recently published results from the Finnish Use of Time database and asked the question: "Does Knowledge Work Require the Marginalization of Private Life?"

They concluded that knowledge work families especially experienced feelings of hurriedness and time famine.

It seems the advent of technology that allows for work to take place outside the office also allows for that work to take over family time.

We've seen statistics that support this statement:

• 76.7% of respondents read email and respond evenings and weekends. 
• 33% of respondents said they check emails in the middle of the night.
• 39.9% saying: "I feel I ignore family or friends."

The Huffington Post article that two of these statistics came from, pushes the curation solution to information overload - that is: to get your information from one or two well-trusted sources who do the work of sorting through the multitude of information and present only what they believe to be relevant.  

While that is one solution to keeping information overload from wrecking havoc with family time, others offer technology or media fasts as a way of re-connecting with their families.  In a technology fast, family members refrain from using technology such as cellphones, tvs or computers for a pre-arranged period of time.

Reading many of the writings on these subjects we'd like to suggest that as with all technology advancements there is a period of re-settlement as we decide what boundaries are important and what changes are for the better, and for each individual to proactively find the solution that gives them the best balance of work and home life.