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Should Your Husband Stay at Home and be the Caregiver?

Before a couple sets in and decides who is and who is not going to stay at home with the children. There are some things that they should consider. This is especially true before the wife puts it upon the husband to stay home and be the caregiver. In a previous article, I discussed the coming trend of men staying at home. However, before you call your husband’s boss and say that he quits, there are some issues to ponder. First, is it reasonable? Can either of you afford to quit your job? Pull out the calculator and do the … Continue reading →

Stay At Home Husbands

Many women are now career women. A lot of women actually enjoy being out in the workforce. Let’s face it some women are not designed to be stuck in the house with chores and children. While some of us love it, it just is not for everyone. Thankfully now, it does not have to be that way. While it was once unheard of, now more and more men are becoming stay at home dads and husbands. Daddy Day Care gave light into the fact that indeed men can stay home and be the caregiver and chores man. A few years … Continue reading →

Mr. Mom (1983)

In “Mr. Mom,” Jack and Caroline Butler are living the typical suburban life of the 1980’s. She’s a stay-at-home mom, he works as an engineer at a car factory, and they are struggling to make ends meet. But they budget and they’re hanging in there, until Jack (Micheal Keaton) loses his job. Wondering what they’ll do to support the family, Jack and Caroline (Teri Garr) both start putting in their applications. When Caroline is hired before Jack, they both agree that Jack will stay home with the kids, but it’s just for a little while until something comes along for … Continue reading →

House Husbands – Emasculated or Enlightened?

How many househusbands do you know? Consider it and don’t be surprised if you know a lot more housewives than you do house husbands. There’s a reason for it, our society doesn’t endorse the idea of husbands staying at home and being Mr. Mom. Just rent the Michael Keaton film to get an idea of the perceptions – weirdly enough – though that movie was made in the 1980s, the perception of househusbands has not changed all that much in 30 years. I know three couples that have househusbands where the wife goes to work and Dad brings up the … Continue reading →