I support any home unit that keeps one parent at home.
I think this is why the 50's was such an ideal time: it was the last memory before women started entering the work force. It's nothing against women, but it is truly beneficial to keep one parent at home: the house gets taken care of, the kids always have a parent around to sustain their educational, medical, nutritional, and emotional needs, and when their spouse gets home, they have the extra energy to attend to their needs as well.
My boyfriend and I have already agreed that one of us is staying home, or getting a part time job.
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No, I won't be with someone who wants to be stay at home dad. I am traditional and have grew up watching my father provide for our family, his brother provide for his and such.
I was taught certain values and ways and I will not be neglecting those. I know there are some people who are okay with either and I have no judgement against them.
I'm traditional and would not be okay with this. I believe women are made with the qualities that it takes to be good caretakers and builders of a good home. I mean naturally men cannot breast feed so it is the mother who is needed for that. Men are made with qualities that are best to be providers and leaders of a family.
Sure, if she made more than me and it would be better for one of us to take care of the kids. But, I never want to be put into that position. It's too tiring for one. And I would rather be a working man. But, sometimes you come to a point where you're transitioning into another career or you lost your job and she's still working or things like this. So, what are you going to do, sit there on the couch like a fat ass slob while your kids run rampant and cause shit? HELL NO! You kids are under my rules now.
I would love to be a stay at home Dad... make cookies... watch DVD's... OMG and don't forget ELLEN... I can watch ELLEN... put the kids down for a nap... I can catch a few zzz's myself before the wife comes home... I would make dinner... draw my babe a huge bubble bath... little wine... then fuck her brains out each and every night so she is mentally prepared for the next day. Where do I sign up?
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I don't like it.
I don't care if I earn more than my husband but i don't want him staying at home.I think it's ok while the kid are still little, before they go to school, but after that, I think they should go to work, at least part time. There's no reason for a parent to stay at home while the kids are in school.
Same thing goes for stay-at-home mothers. I think a kid needs to be raised by a parent during their first years, so one of them has to stay at home. Who? That's up to the parents to decide.
I wouldn't mind being a stay-at-home dad, that's something me and my future wife will have to discuss. It's all about whose job is the most beneficial for the family.Dads, DON'T DO IT. It will kill your sex life. And your chances for divorce INCREASE.
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Unfortunately, I also have much lower tidiness standards than my wife, which has led to some friction over the years.
We made the decision on the fairly simple basis that she was freelance and could be at home quite a lot and she earned about twice as much as I did.Great! i think whoever makes less should eb the stay at home parent... if that's your thing and your able. My husband is a stay at home Dad, well more like a house Dad sicne our youngest recently hit full time school. he does coputer programming on the side but since I started making more it made more sense for him to stay home and he was totally on board... now he sees how hard it is but how rewarding it can be. He really is a great Dad! We split house duties esp. when the kids are home (days off, summer, sick days, docters appointments).
I think it's quite sweet. My partner and I have discussed it and if we ever were able to do it, we'd quite like for him to be a stay at home dad. It's something that he'd actually really enjoy and I think he'd be good at it, much better than I would at being a stay at home mother.
I don't see a problem with it. If that works for that family, they are stable, and everyone is happy, then good for them. A happy and stable family is far more important to me than a wealthy family. Money is nothing if you're miserable and working to pay bills and not meeting the emotional needs of your family.
I would enjoy that very much.
Work around the house is so easy for me (I just don't want to do dishes, but everything else is fine)
I am very good with kids too since I have worked with them for years. I am better at motivating them to do good in school both behaviorally and academically than their parents or other teachers.
They have tons of fun with me too (ages 9 to 12 at least have) and just 2 days ago, 3 of my students were again recommending that I adopt kids because they like me so much.
Then I could continue to work out and stay in shape so my working woman has an attractive guy to come home to.I would not want to be one. We evolved with men being providers and women being caretakers of children. No amount of progressive political correctness will undo those hard wired instincts. Women grow to resent men that dont earn income. They see such men as failures. Why do think rich famous men have women throwing themselves at them? At the same time, it wears on your psyche to have your woman paying the bills.
Plus its only a matter of time before she meets a man that has a high paying job and remembers that she likes that. You're changing diapers, she's in a hotel getting plowed after work.Yeah i will support it! But we might have a problem since I'm very motherly and would want to be the stay in home parent lol maybe both could be the stay inn but at different times. Like work in the morning but stay in the afternoon or something. I don't know there should be a way
Who's got that kind of money now a days? I came from a background where everyone worked, once you were over 16 you best believe you're getting a part time job. I don't mind if he works from home, has a part time gig, isn't making 6 figure, whatever, but he better help bring home the bacon. It's a tough world out there and money isn't everything, but it sure is a Hell of a lot.
I would not, because that's not who I am. I would go crazy and because of that I just don't understand men who can comfortably be exclusively a stay at home dad longterm.
Unless you have an internet business and work from home, with limited hours and doubling as a househusband makes sense/ is practically doable, because then at that point it's more a matter of life circumstances and you're still doing your thing on the side. But making your job full time stay at home dad... wut? lol.No way infact i would prefer that she stays home while I work and bring in the money... Both of us will be balancing everything... Cause when will we live out lives if both of us are busy working away?
Who will look after the kids? So after we have kids I think she should stay home or work from home and I will work...
But I will never be a home dad.. untill and unless i am doing something from my home where I am earning a lot of money.. like start my own companyI was actually one for about 8 months while I was between jobs. For some people it works, for us it didn't feel right. If you make it work that's between you and your partner.
i'm fine with either parent being a stay-at-home caregiver if the family can swing it financially. i would certainly consider being a stay at home father if my wife made enough money... alas she does not
I have nothing against stay at home dad's. I feel it's important, IF POSSIBLE for at least one parent to be at home with their children, especially in their younger years. My only issue with it comes from selfishness. I want to be that parent. 💟
I think its fine and even kind of endearing. If I ever make enough money or the situation is deemed necessary I wouldn't mind supporting a stay at home day.
It's his business what he does. But I wouldn't want to have to support a grown man and kids - ideally we'd both work.
I feel like they are very responsible, mature and kind fathers that sacrificed their job and career for the future of their children. I respect them a lot :)
if we were having kids, i'd be okay with this~ equality is a thing, plus he'd be a way better parent than i would.
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