Does family conflict with community?

[Editor's Note: In today's academic and popular literature on the family, the tendency is to pit families' commitments to their own members against families' commitments to their communities. The author finds this dichotomy problematic; she suggests that Catholic social teaching offers a resource to help families embrace values of solidarity and the common good. With these values in mind, she then studies ethical issues confronting families with regard to work, time, and money.]
In a popular child-care book, new parents who feel stressed are told that they will have to prioritize if they want to regain a feeling of control over their lives. [...]