This is to suggest that the answer is local, and can be solved in the household. My argument is that our entire economy needs to reward this behavior, because

This is to suggest that the answer is local, and can be solved in the household. My argument is that our entire economy needs to reward this behavior, because the entire economy benefits from it. Localizing the solution prevents those who gain the most from not having to pay for child care, education, food and shelter for a future workforce from helping to pay for this extremely important part of our economy. The money that I earn at work is the money of my wife and I already. My point is that the economy should be rewarding the work that she does during the day while I'm doing my office work.