Work-family balance was part of the political discourse for over 20 years. Many research tried to define the concept that attempts to capture the difficulties faced by parents trying to reconcile family and job responsibilities. However, governments and researchers tend to look at one side of the picture when addressing the conflict experienced by parents having to combine work and family responsibilities. They either address the implementation or analysis of family policy, or they focus on labour market regulation, but rarely both. If the goal is to attain balance between work and family, it seems important to make a cross-sectoral analysis to take into account the two dimensions of work and family balance that are family policy and labour market regulation, in research as well as in legislation.