parenting

South Africa
September 4, 2006 10:00am CST
why is it just presumed that woman are meant to stay at home and take care of the baby, men can go out and have their fun and the wifie must stay at home and take care of the house. is that unfair?
5 responses
• United States
15 Sep 06
In most cases, simply because women are better at it. A man would lose his mind in 1/2 day if he had to deal with everything a woman has to deal with. They are just not the multi-tasking, super juggling, patient caregivers that women are.
@chalmette69 (3007)
• United States
15 Sep 06
I am a stay at home mom and I wouldn't have it any other way. If you live in a house where you are not allowed to go out and do your thing, than yes, it is unfair, but my husband works and he still keeps the kids and lets me do my thing when I want to. I think a woman can do anything she wants and if she likes being a working mom than she should be able to do it.
@krishna183 (2284)
• India
4 Sep 06
theres no hard and fast rule of parenting .. depending on the mutual understanding .. parents should learn to work together as a unit ..
4 Sep 06
i think that whoever has the best paying job should work and the other look after the kids
• Ireland
4 Sep 06
women are meant to stay at home and take care of the children, while the men go out to work and make money to take care of the family. The bible support it that men should be the provider while the women assist the men. The assistant men need from women is simply to stay at home take care of the house and the children. In this part of the world Africa, Nigeria in particular some senseless women will prefer to employ the help of an housegirl to take up their responsibilities at home. After some months or years the housegirl will graduate to know virtually everything about the household including the children and her husband, and at the end of the day the housegirl will take over the woman position as a wife in the house. This is the reason why it is advisable for women stay at home and do their responsibilities by themselves. Women being at home all day through make a lot of funs from it. They have time to watch videos and CD films, chat with neighbours, goes market place, buy things of their choice, cook to their taste and eat the best out of it, and that is why you see some women looking fater and fresher than their husbands. It is very fair to allow women to stay at home and take care of the children. As a couple this is the only assistant men need from women. Thank you.