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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
I think it's legitimate, too. The MSN photo for the story that I posted showed a father holding the children while a smiling mother is working or about to work. That photo made me  because it an image of working mothers as neglecting their family. As if a father caring for his kids is out of the question even if they had initially agreed that one parent would stay at home.
ETA: Another thing that gets me is that people say "the husband is babysitting because his wife is at work." He's not babysitting the kids...he's a PARENT. |
Not long after I started at this company, my manager's husband decided to quit his job and go back to school part-time. He stayed home during the day with their kids (who weren't quite school-age at the time) and took on two additional kids for daycare to help offset the costs of school. Their kids are in school now and he's graduated and has had a full-time job for a few years. That's definitely not the norm, but I thought it was really cool he did that and showed a nice alternative.