The part where they talk about how men leaving the workforce started in the 60s and is a linear trend till now (I wish they'd show some graphs). It got me to th

The part where they talk about how men leaving the workforce started in the 60s and is a linear trend till now (I wish they'd show some graphs). It got me to thinking in a different direction: The percentage of women in the workforce has risen during that time and (I suspect) mirrors the change they're seeing in male workforce participation decline. Is it possible that some of this is due to men opting to stay at home with the kids while the wife is working a professional job? Looking at it from that angle it doesn't seem quite as terrible. Culturally, we tend to think that men should be at work, but with more women in the workforce that opened up alternatives for men to be at home with the kids instead. Not saying that that's what all of this is, but we need to try to separate out those who are opting to stay home to take care of the kids - that's not a bad thing, they're actually doing something important (and the cost of childcare can be quite high in many areas).