The Modern-Day American Dad: Conservative, Fat, and Unwilling To Let His Woman Stay Home

PR Newswire ^ | June 14 | Euro RSCG Worldwide survey

[al_c]

They should have asked the dads if they read to their kids. That would have been interesting to find out.

I don't know how I missed this the first time I read this thread. I read to one or both of my kids every night. I was out of town on business the other night and I missed being able to do that.

[Varda]

Thank you. Stay at moms have to toughen their hides for the casual barbs flung their way. At first it can be a little hard but the pay offs for family life are so great that soon its obvious to everyone.

When I was a kid there was a saying that most people had, "we were poor but we didn't know it". When I got older I found out why. We always had mothers there when we needed her. Fathers worked hard to put food on the table and a roof over our heads. We kids never went without what we needed which are mostly immaterial things.

I recently asked my college-age son if he remembered the time when we had little money (less then 10 yrs ago). He doesn't. His answer told me all I needed to know about the choices I made.

[Pietro]

"Would you rather your wife go out and work, than have her stay home with the kids?"

When the kids are little under 12 or so mom should be home. Once they get older mom can work; if she wants.

We've been doing ok on my salary alone so when my wife jumps back in to the labor pool I'm looking forward to a nice boost.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Thanks. ;)

[Cogadh na Sith]

I would never want to be married to a 'career-woman'.

What a nightmare. I don't want a woman who is work-focused, I want a woman who is home and hearth and children focused.

[Cogadh na Sith]

Remember the days when mamma made us dress up when daddy came home from work? : )

Oh, My God...

I would do anything to live in that world and I would give the world to any woman who would do things like that for me.

[Chgogal]

I agree with you. I think it is nice to know that the grass is green on both sides of the fence. And taking care of wonderful kids is a great honor. It just that I am not using the skills I trained myself for but it is still very enjoyable. I honestly believe that parents in general are Saints. Those wonderful cute and loving children just don't realize it until....thirty/forty years later. Then it is your turn to spoil and get a good giggle watching your offspring say the same things you told them once long ago in a galaxy..... (I am getting a good laugh watching my sister interact with my nephew. Personality wise they are twins!)

[HungarianGypsy]

I hardly have a designer living room. LOL! I have a friend who everytime I complain about being stressed or a HUGE mess my kids have made (last week my son experimented in the kitchen and somehow thought the Maid Fairy would just take care of it) she tells me how much easier my life would be if I would just send my children to school.
On this thread I believe I was just commenting on how I so often hear men on here talking about how they expect to come home to always have a clean house. I remember on an email list I used to be on one lady's husband thought if he was working 8 hours a day, she should be cleaning 8 hours a day.

[madison10]

Please contact my husband @ letmestayhome.com. ;)

Just kidding...we don't & probably will never have kids 'cause I've always worked. Take from that what you will. LOL