Well, the thing about time is that you can only go forward. I like the fact that (some) people can either live like that or not live like that, these days. I say some, because the economy has pretty much adjusted to a setup where both partners work, so it's pretty hard to keep a family and a household running with just one breadwinner unless they're in quite a well-paid job.
All that being said, there are problems in society today that are caused largely by parental neglect, burnout, abuse and/or and sheer inability to parent effectively, possibly because of work-related stress, or maybe because many people don't know how any more, because they no longer view parenting as a vocation to be prepared for.
I think there's a logic to women working and men breadwinning that suits our developmental needs well. I don't think that the inflexible norms about 'the role of women' which we've seen in the past, are helpful, however.
IIN I think we should bring back old fashion values
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Well, the thing about time is that you can only go forward. I like the fact that (some) people can either live like that or not live like that, these days. I say some, because the economy has pretty much adjusted to a setup where both partners work, so it's pretty hard to keep a family and a household running with just one breadwinner unless they're in quite a well-paid job.
All that being said, there are problems in society today that are caused largely by parental neglect, burnout, abuse and/or and sheer inability to parent effectively, possibly because of work-related stress, or maybe because many people don't know how any more, because they no longer view parenting as a vocation to be prepared for.
I think there's a logic to women working and men breadwinning that suits our developmental needs well. I don't think that the inflexible norms about 'the role of women' which we've seen in the past, are helpful, however.