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Originally Posted by GoNative
MMM I know quite a few families where it was the husband who gave up career to care for the children and house. It was because the wife earned far more money and it didn't make any sense for her to stop working financially. If you have a family in which they want one parent to stay at home what's it matter whether it's the husband or wife? In a society where there is equality it doesn't matter at all. Sounds like that's not something you're overly familiar with?
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As a child, I grew up with both my parents working, but, I always had their attention and time. My mother always worked the normal "9-5" type jobs and my father usually had the afternoon - night type jobs. During the day, my father stayed home to take care of me, and in the afternoons/evenings it was my mother. It was a good compromise for both because my mother is a day person and my father has always been a night person. In my earlier elementary school years, when I had school functions, my father was the one to go to them. Sometimes both would go, especially since my mother's job was close enough for her to do so. When we moved, though, it was too far for her, so dad went to my school functions.