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Originally Posted by Looch City
I look at it another way...If you're already well off enough to sustain a parent staying at home, why is a paying job necessary for the other parent?
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It’s not always the case that a family with a parent who stays home is well-off. I know two couples where mom stays home and the kids are school-aged teenagers.
In the first case the mom tried working for a few years in her 20s and decided it wasn’t for her. Her husband is a teacher.
In the second case the dad has been out of work for over a year and is extremely stressed about money. But his wife getting a job just isn’t on the table.
In both cases the parents grew up in families where their own moms didn’t have jobs outside the home, so to them that’s just the model of how families operate.