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No, I am sorry it is not. Anybody can stay at home. Not anyone can start up a company, or work at a senior level, or even work at a technical level. There are p

No, I am sorry it is not. Anybody can stay at home. Not anyone can start up a company, or work at a senior level, or even work at a technical level. There are plenty of people who could never achieve that level of competence, they can stay at home.

dhimes 16y ago
I strongly disagree. It should be the choice of the man, or at least of the family. Society shouldn't punish men socially for making that choice.
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moron4hire 16y ago
I know a lot of terrible parents, and they aren't all dead-beats or alcoholics, they're just assholes who treat their families like shit. If one of the parental figures is an emotionally abusive person, then it'd probably be a net benefit to the family if that person were a workaholic who doesn't spend much time with the kids. Sure, they probably shouldn't have had a family in the first place, but it doesn't always work out that way. Not just anyone can stay at home and raise the family.
mortenjorck 16y ago
I hear running a startup and raising kids both tend to involve rather significant amounts of drive, talent, and time investment to be successful.
run4yourlives 16y ago
Something tells me you do not have a family.
- sdelmont 16y ago
  something tells me he will never have a family
snowbird122 16y ago
This poster didn't say that anyone could be good at staying at home. They said anyone can stay at home. I think this is true and don't understand the downvotes.
- pyre 16y ago
  Saying 'no' to making it more socially acceptable for a man to be a stay-at-home dad, and then going on about how 'not everyone can do X' seems to make the following statement indirectly: Only men are capable of (starting up a company | working at a senior level | working at a technical level). There are plenty of people who could never achieve that level of competence (namely women), they can stay at home. Unless the poster is making that (very sexist) statement, then I fail to see how he/she is in disagreement with the poster they were responding to. Saying that it shouldn't be socially acceptable for people with great skills to let them languish by becoming a stay-at-home dad is not the same as saying that it should not be socially acceptable at all for a man to be a stay-at-home dad. [ Though in general, the idea that society should pressure people to make decisions that are only in society's best short-term interests. Who's to say that someone working at the 'senior level' is making a larger contribution to society then someone that stays at home to raise the next generation? ]

dhimes 16y ago

I strongly disagree. It should be the choice of the man, or at least of the family. Society shouldn't punish men socially for making that choice.

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moron4hire 16y ago

I know a lot of terrible parents, and they aren't all dead-beats or alcoholics, they're just assholes who treat their families like shit. If one of the parental figures is an emotionally abusive person, then it'd probably be a net benefit to the family if that person were a workaholic who doesn't spend much time with the kids. Sure, they probably shouldn't have had a family in the first place, but it doesn't always work out that way. Not just anyone can stay at home and raise the family.

mortenjorck 16y ago

I hear running a startup and raising kids both tend to involve rather significant amounts of drive, talent, and time investment to be successful.

run4yourlives 16y ago

Something tells me you do not have a family.

sdelmont 16y ago
something tells me he will never have a family

snowbird122 16y ago

This poster didn't say that anyone could be good at staying at home. They said anyone can stay at home. I think this is true and don't understand the downvotes.

pyre 16y ago
Saying 'no' to making it more socially acceptable for a man to be a stay-at-home dad, and then going on about how 'not everyone can do X' seems to make the following statement indirectly: Only men are capable of (starting up a company | working at a senior level | working at a technical level). There are plenty of people who could never achieve that level of competence (namely women), they can stay at home. Unless the poster is making that (very sexist) statement, then I fail to see how he/she is in disagreement with the poster they were responding to. Saying that it shouldn't be socially acceptable for people with great skills to let them languish by becoming a stay-at-home dad is not the same as saying that it should not be socially acceptable at all for a man to be a stay-at-home dad. [ Though in general, the idea that society should pressure people to make decisions that are only in society's best short-term interests. Who's to say that someone working at the 'senior level' is making a larger contribution to society then someone that stays at home to raise the next generation? ]