old fashioned or not?  

Well my wife stays home but that is because she works from home. I do most all of the cooking because she is not the best cook in the world. But I do not agree that it is the woman's job to stay home all day if she does not want to. The cleaning is both of our jobs due to the fact that we both work and with 3 kids there are always messes somewhere

If a woman wants to follow this traditional role, the so be it. However, forcing a woman to follow this role is simply ridiculous. They should be allowed to do whatever they want, instead of being bound to the home.

Saying that, I have noticed that mothers benefit their children more if they stay at home rather than work.

Hi, I feel the wives who stay at home the whole day should feel it is their job to do the household work. Husbands who love to share the work can do so. If the wife enjoys cooking and cleaning, she will be proud of her home. It is her own home which she can keep clean and tidy. The tired husband will come back home all happy if he finds a pleasant atmosphere. I feel it is in the hands of a woman to make a house a home where the family would want to come back to relax.

I myself is old-fashioned in terms of discipline and child-raising. However, in terms of keeping the house in good condition and serving the husband, that is now becoming obsolete because wives nowadays are also working just to make ends meet. Cooperation is required to have a successful family life.

Hi kschilling...

From my point of view, wife nowdays have to go out to work to support the family and cannot be dependent towards the husband unless you husband salary is big enough to support the family and can live leisurely.

I am a working wife with 4 kids and of course if i have a choice ,l rather stay at home for my kids and husband and doesn't need to hire a maid but in my country the living cost is quite high and we have to budget everything!!

I am lucky that i can hire a living in maid but that doesn;t mean that all the housework and kids welfare is taken care by her 24hrs. I as a mother still take my responsibility towards my family.

For me, it is depends on the wife whether she wants to work of not and if she is working, it is a plus to the husband in term of helping the family to live comfortably.

Can not really old bet if a wife stay at home to keep children and caring home. Now i was a wife who stayed at home, i am very happy to do it. I had a wife who works, but i became very busy. I finally decided to stay at home. Our household was in trouble, but i'm trying to make a good return by trying to be a good wife. To stay at home and devote all to husband and children.

if women stay in home its is not a old fashion because if women is react like a wife they have many responsibilties thats y they should keep in home to care of own child and home but women work with men as like as same status

If my wife is educated and wants to work, then she should. I am not going to insist that she stay home to keep house and to take care of kids. However, in the event that her take-home pay is smaller that the upkeep of a maid or to oversee the children at home, than it would be best that she stays home when the infants need her. After that, when the children are bigger, she can re-join the labour market.

I dont share that view especially after I saw my ,other working hard to take care of my family .Now I am a man and I know what my bills are like ,I guess I would like the notion of a woman who can help out with the financing of the home .Its all good and well when you can have a home maker who will take care of the house ebut there will be no need to have a home maker if you dont have a home because you coouldnt finance the mortgage.So I like departure from the traditional view because these are tough economic times and every penny counts

i believe if some women can and do stay at home the husband should help her out with some things. if the woman is working, especially, he should help. it makes it alot easier for everyone. i think even if he helped her with a few tasks or even one task that would be just great. i'm thinking of one example, if he dosen't know how to do laundry, she can teach her husband how to do it. if she were to get sick he could be there to do some things she usually does. i think,too, if the children are old enough they should chip in and help as well. it is good to teach your children age appropriate tasks.