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If an adult child said they want to stay home, cook for you and clean the house, and maybe look after younger siblings, most people would say they need to grow
by wisty 5y ago
If an adult child said they want to stay home, cook for you and clean the house, and maybe look after younger siblings, most people would say they need to grow up and get a job.
- globular-toast 5y agoCan you really not see the difference here? You do know children generally outlive their parents, right? But the more general difference is a home maker is not a maid. A home maker owns the home. That's a very big difference. Somehow people have been convinced that it's better to work to build/maintain someone else's property instead of your own.
- mahogany 5y ago> Somehow people have been convinced that it's better to work to build/maintain someone else's property instead of your own. It is a bit strange, isn't it? We've transitioned to having both parents work, but then we pay a large percentage of the extra income on child care, house upkeep (cleaning, repairs, improvements, etc), prepared food, etc. -- things that one parent could do if they were at home instead of working for someone else. It seems worse for the kids too, to have both parents working. It doesn't have to be the mother by the way. But I also don't think the idea of a stay-at-home mom should be as condemned as it is, at least in certain circles. Women should absolutely have the choice to not be a stay-at-home mom, but it should be a choice without stigma attached either way.
- bobthepanda 5y agoElizabeth Warren literally wrote the book on this. It's how she became prominent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two-Income_Trap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two-Income_Trap